ArcRevival
Well-known member
The "I can't believe I just did that" thread
A couple weeks ago my Joust Cocktail died, no power. Looked it over and noticed a burnt wiring harness connector from the heat sink. Yesterday i finally had time to tackle it. Cut off the old connector, crimped on new pins and put a new connector on. Re-flowed solder over the header pins. Put it back together and nada.. not even a flicker in the LEDs that i had before. Metered EVERYTHING. Interlocks, connector from transformer, outlet at wall... there was power to the game but it was dead. After reading schematics and looking this game over for over an hour it dawned on me. I had flipped the master switch off that is on the very bottom underneath the game. DOH ! You cant see it from inside of the game either, it has a little cardboard cover over it. I forgot I had turned it off under there. Wow did i feel stupid. Forgot all about that little sucker . Flipped the switch and Joust lives.
A couple weeks ago my Joust Cocktail died, no power. Looked it over and noticed a burnt wiring harness connector from the heat sink. Yesterday i finally had time to tackle it. Cut off the old connector, crimped on new pins and put a new connector on. Re-flowed solder over the header pins. Put it back together and nada.. not even a flicker in the LEDs that i had before. Metered EVERYTHING. Interlocks, connector from transformer, outlet at wall... there was power to the game but it was dead. After reading schematics and looking this game over for over an hour it dawned on me. I had flipped the master switch off that is on the very bottom underneath the game. DOH ! You cant see it from inside of the game either, it has a little cardboard cover over it. I forgot I had turned it off under there. Wow did i feel stupid. Forgot all about that little sucker . Flipped the switch and Joust lives.


