blbarchik
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I can put an on/off switch on either the positive or negative rectified voltages lines? I know the diagram said to put it on the positive side but I put the on/off switch on the negative side, but it should not matter correct?
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Tech: Halloween outrun motor
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DarrenF
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Check the output of the xformer, in VAC. What is it?
Check the output of the bridge rectifier, in VDC. What is it?
I'm guessing that that the xformer should put out about 35VAC, and the bridge about 45-50VDC. In which case you've exceeded the voltage specification of the cap. There should have been two caps in the the original OutRun bottom board: a 22,000µF 25V (for the audio amp) and a 4,700µF 50V (for the shaker motor). You want the latter cap, I think it's the physically smaller of the two.
blbarchik
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That makes sense to me. I will measure voltages and put in a higher rated capacitor.
blbarchik
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I'm also pondering installing old Craftsman infrared sensors next to my game, so when people walk by, the game will shake automatically. There are two sensors, one sensor projects the signal and the other receives the signal. Any chance you can help me hook the sensor up? It runs off of 6vdc. I would have to run a line from the transformer to each sensor and then take one of the wires going to the shaker motor and attach it to the sensor somehow. Each sensor has two wires going to it.
blbarchik
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Instead of using the craftsman infrared sensors I am using a floodlight fixture with a motion sensor already installed. I removed the two sockets for the floodlight bulbs and now I just have the sensor. I am currently creating a spider prop and incorporate the sensor into the spider. I will post some pictures when complete.
DarrenF
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You might check you local library for MAKE magazine, volume 3: http://makezine.com/03/halloween/
