A very usefull mod I made to my TZ.....

[ALJO]

Hey everyone.
I went from this:

 

[ALJO]

to this:

 

[ALJO]

..... 9 connectors at the wires that relate my PF to the rest of the game, what's the use , you might say? well, lots of advantages, to name a few, I'll be clearcoating the cabinet soon, so I can now "easilly" remove the PF from the cabinet, second, if I want to remove the PF to work on it, easy, unplug the 9 connectors and out it goes in less than 5 minutes, third: If I ever move, which could easilly be the case since I'm in an appartement, I can remove the playfield to make the game lighter to transport, that's a very good thing since I'm not geting younger and my arthritus is'nt getting better either.
There were 102 wires, so, 204 wires needed to be soldered, took me about an hour for each connector, so, 9 connectors= 9 hours of work but is was really worth it. I'm Very happy that I don't have to bother with unplugging all of the connectors from the boards anymore to CC my cabinet, I did'nt want to...... but on the other hand, how could I CC my cabinet with such a heavy game and NOT do any damage to it????

 

[Paul]

You stay quite busy with your mods Claude. Looks good.

 

[MrMikeman]

But you have also just added 204 potential points of failure to your game. Connectors can and do fail(bad connection on pins).

 

[ALJO]

Thanks Paul, it's the funnest part of the hobby to me.

 

[ALJO]

But you have also just added 204 potential points of failure to your game. Connectors can and do fail(bad connection on pins).

Well if that happens, I'll know where it comes from, right Mike?
I thought about that before deciding to do the mod but usually connectors don't fail in the first years but after many years of use, so I decided it was worth it........

 

[Monkeybug]

But you have also just added 204 potential points of failure to your game. Connectors can and do fail(bad connection on pins).

Hmm, I think I only counted 202 points of failure.

 

[ALJO]

Nothing failed yet......
I think I'll be bumping this thread with the same sentence for many years to come.