SaminVA
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I really need some expert help to figure out how these happ guns should be wired. Ok got a Voyager cockpit and the game works. It only had one gun on the right player side and it works. The left side just has the hose with the wires sticking out and the connector was cut off. The working gun is a green Happ Space Gun. I bought a new green Happ Space gun off Ebay but it was delayed so I haven't received it yet. I did a search on Happs site for space gun to see if I could buy just the gun shells in a different color and found a red space gun for $79.90 so I ordered it and it came today. I opened up the back of the game to install the new gun and noticed the old gun harness has 5 wires, Red,White,Black,Blue and Green. The new gun only has Red,White,Black and Blue. Their is no Green wire. Both original gun harnesses have the Green wire but both harnesses have been hacked and spliced. So was the extra Green wire added at the factory and is it original or did someone add it later when they replaced the guns. The green wire on both sides run to the earth ground terminal block in the cabinet and only the 4 wires (Red,White,Black and Blue) run to the game board. The left gun has a second Green wire which runs to the metal coin box housing. I opened up the gun that works and the green wire is connected to the first pin closest to the trigger side of the board and is a 7 pin inline plug. Because the Green wire runs to earth ground maybe it was supposed to have an eye terminal and connected to one of the 3 bolts and nuts holding the gun hose to the cabinet? Also the green space gun has a rear button on the gun that pushes a switch on the opto board but my new red gun doesn't have the switch or button just a cap cover where the button would go. When I took the green gun apart I could see the rear button was not working because someone put the wrong plug on the wires and is keeping the button from depressing. You can see in the pictures.
My Voyager kit I bought a few years ago came with Happ 45 cal 4 wire guns and they worked fine so I know the 4 wire gun will work, I was just puzzled by the Green earth ground wire running in the gun cable.
Anyone got any thoughts or ideas? Should I wire the 4 wires and bolt the ground to the mounting plate?
What's the button on the rear of the Green gun for? Could it have something to do with the green wire?
It would be nice if someone with a Voyager cockpit could take a look inside yours and let me know what you find.
Thanks for any help.
My Voyager kit I bought a few years ago came with Happ 45 cal 4 wire guns and they worked fine so I know the 4 wire gun will work, I was just puzzled by the Green earth ground wire running in the gun cable.
Anyone got any thoughts or ideas? Should I wire the 4 wires and bolt the ground to the mounting plate?
What's the button on the rear of the Green gun for? Could it have something to do with the green wire?
It would be nice if someone with a Voyager cockpit could take a look inside yours and let me know what you find.
Thanks for any help.