Sega Blast City Power cut-off issues

[Robbttf]

Hi everyone,

I'm very new to the world of Candy Cabs, and have just got my hands on a Sega Blast City cab.
But there is one question that I would please like some help with.

As a whole it seems to be in very good condition, the only immediate issue that I have found is that the power cut-off switch in the front PCB-loading panel is over-sensitive.
For example, if you hammer the button a bit too much so that the front door shakes, the switch will trip and the machine turns off, thinking that the front access panel is open.

Is there a quick or simple method to circumvent or disable the power cut-off switch for this front door?
Or a way that anyone can think of to easily fix this issue?

Any help would be greatly appreciated - thank you!

[ninn]

a cable tie, to tie that button down. I did that, worked ever since.

[Robbttf]

That would definitely be a quick and simple solution!
I had wondered if an elastic band would do the job, but didn't want it perishing.

Thanks for the reply

[nem]

Alternatively, remove it completely and loop the cables on the connector.

[LegoYoda]

An elastic band wont be strong enough. Bassically it's as suggested, yuou either take it out of the cab or use a cable tie. Personally, I went for the cable tie as it means I've not modified anything from stock in a perminant way and I wont lose the switch! It's been running for 2.5 years with teh one cable tie and it's fine. Until then I had experianced exactly the same issues as yourself.

[skate323k137]

I had LemonyVengence (over on arcade-projects or neo-geo) make me a loopback connector that plugs in place of that switch. I used a zip tie for a while with good success but when it came off I had a heart attack lol.

[codecrank]

I made these as well




added to wiki ! this question comes back all the time.

http://wiki.arcadeotaku.com/w/Sega_Blas ... wer_Wiring