So I was replacing a fuse holder....

[cooldan]

It's a Data East, so typically enough some of the fuse holders have splayed their legs out - you press on any DE fuse and cross your fingers, and usually at least one is knackered and - as Clay calls it, will "Y out".

So I did this and two of the need to be replaced. I have some I got from The Legend and have done it before so it's no disaster.



But when I turned the board over, I wasn't expecting to see this :



That's right. Some kind soul has soldered these fuse holders together so no more game stops caused by pesky fuse blowing. Nice. The only other work done on the back seems to be replacing the BR, so I can only assume the guy did it as some kind of futureproofing.

 

[Paul]

OMFG!!!!

Fuses are a pain in the proverbials, so lets just bypass them!!

 

[PinballDaze]

Data East fuses.
520-5080-00 flipper board.
Replaced them all(see before photo)

 

[BigIan]

Dan, on the plus side it means you wont need to replace the fuse holders

 

[cooldan]

Dan, on the plus side it means you wont need to replace the fuse holders

Heheh I considered that briefly. But I'm a good boy so -

 

[Arv]

You should keep the wires on, you know as er backup in case the fuses blow

 

[J.C.Rox]

Ffs! That is ridiculous!!

 

[Matt Adams]

WOW!!!

 

[lukewells]

9 out of 10 smoking coils are caused by over-fusing / wrapping the fuse in tinfoil / soldering across the fuse holder etc

Every machine I have ever bought has at least one or two wrong or bypassed fuses, sometimes several wrong. The good old operators will stick in any fuse just to get the game running