Gorf PS voltage question

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I have a Gorf with what appears to be a good original PS. I can turn the cabinet power on with the PS connector to the cage disconnected. I have good adjustment range on the PS. I've set them to 5.05, 12.05, and -5.05.

Does this sound good, or should I go for 5.00, 12.00, and -5.00?

Thanks
 
You are currently testing the ps without load, and those voltages will drop on you as soon as you hook up the boardset. You should adjust the ps with the boardset hooked up for the best reliability.
 
You are currently testing the ps without load, and those voltages will drop on you as soon as you hook up the boardset. You should adjust the ps with the boardset hooked up for the best reliability.

Thanks - I remembered that after I posted.

My fear was frying a known good boardset with too high (can too low?) voltages.

No problem! I adjusted down the voltages and plugged in the boardset that came with the game (don't remember the symptoms, but previously the game didn't work)- and the damn thing fired right up! Woohoo!!!!!!!

gorfchampion is in trouble now!

Boy this made my day!
 
Bulbs

Okay, I didn't want to create a new thread, and I'm not ready to start a restoration thread....

Looks like there are (5) five lights in a Gorf cabinet, 2 below the CP, 2 behind the marquee and one before the lower marquee.

Anyone have opinions about bulbs for those? I'm not in the mindset to replace the 4 front ones with the Walmart florescents.

Thanks
 
Okay, I didn't want to create a new thread, and I'm not ready to start a restoration thread....

Looks like there are (5) five lights in a Gorf cabinet, 2 below the CP, 2 behind the marquee and one before the lower marquee.

Anyone have opinions about bulbs for those? I'm not in the mindset to replace the 4 front ones with the Walmart florescents.

Thanks

Those are actually 15w and 25w tubular bulbs like those found on aquairum lights. I forget which are 15w and which are 25w.
 
Those are actually 15w and 25w tubular bulbs like those found on aquairum lights. I forget which are 15w and which are 25w.

Great - thanks! I know the ones you're talking about.

I can't tell - but one of the cabs I have has something weird (to me) behind the marquee. I'm going to clean the cabs up today and if its something I don't recognize, I'll post a picture.
 
to go original, it's frosted 25w long "aquarium" lamps for the top marquee (x2) and the rear translite (x1).

the bottom marquee/coin door light calls for clear 15w long "aquarium" lamps.

overall, that's over 100 watts the Gorf cab pulls just in lighting alone. with a large PCB stack and the monitor draw, i'll bet this is one of the more power-hungry of the early cabs.

personally, when i go to put some in mine they're going to be cheap CFLs... they last a long time, put out minimal heat, and should cut the power consumption to about 1/3 1/4 that of the originals.

and as a side note and a bit of a warning, the operator my cabinet came from stuck some 40 watt amber appliance lamps in the marquee sockets and they burned the inside top of the cab. not so bad that there's any noticeable damage on the outside, but enough that i can't believe nobody complained "hey, that game over there is smoking!"
 
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