110 to 220v

[GerMax]

Hello, as a newby the pinball virus was brought over by my neighbor, we bought a driving Corvette and he found us a Pinball Corvette. Best neighbor you can have, however it did not last long.

Reason, we moved from the Chicagoland area to Leeds, UK. We took both Corvettes, one is waiting for the MOT, the other one needs to be made suitable for the new power supply.

Any help would is apprecitated.

The machine is an original EU model, was changed to US spec, and now back in the Uk.

 

[aaronhicksuk]

Welcome to the forum. You just need to move the primary voltage selection jumpers around to convert from 110 to 230v. Decent info available here: http://www.pinwiki.com/wiki/index.p..._Voltage_Selection_Jumpers_at_the_Transformer

 

[Jay Walker]

Hello,

As I recall, Corvette uses a plug-in connector on the metal power input box in the cabinet. The arrangement of wire links in this connector selects whether the transformer secondaries primary windings are connected in series or parallel, to suit either 110v and variations or 220v and variations. But there should also be a varistor connected across the ac input to clip any voltage spikes. The low-value one used for 110 would blow up immediately with 220 applied, so if it was changed for use in usaland, it'll have to be changed back.

 

[GerMax]

Thanks, let me look at the varistor. Is this the same as the MOV?

 

[aaronhicksuk]

Yea it's the same thing, Metal Oxide Varistor.

 

[GerMax]

Thanks, just looked inside the machine, can not find the varistor,

Picture shows the converter, originally a 240 V unit, the pins have been changed to 110 V,

If I can find the varistor, if installed.....someone knows the location?

 

[mission65]

can the same be done with early sterns like austin powers

 

[GerMax]

Bump

Machine is ready, only need to sort out the power,

Can the 220v/50hz converter work with 110v - seems not to change frequency, only voltage

Please help, would like to play again

 

[stoptap]

Maybe Andy could help ? @pinballmania

 

[GerMax]

Thanks, in contact with Andy now, hope he can help!

 

[Cryptkeeper]

Mov is in that box.
It's easy, done it on my sttng

 

[GerMax]

It is all fixed thanks to Andy. Just started up the machine, works for 99%, the left does not move all the way up during start up, do here the electric run, sounds like some mechanical problem, will do some check and cleaning,