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Bally 6 digit display - One digit out - Ok to swap MPSA43 for MPSA42?

By Barakawins1

4 years ago



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    #1 4 years ago

    I'm working on a bally display. Only one digit out. The 100's digit. All 100k resistors check out fine. The MC1454 digit controller is fine as well. Swapped that out with
    a known good one. I grounded Q3 collector and the 100 digit lit up. I didn't have an MPSA42 at hand but had an MPSA43. I swapped it in and still no 100's digit.
    Anyone experience this? Maybe the MPSA43 can't be swapped in? Looks like it's a 200v transistor but the MPSA42 is 300v. I'm not sure that matters much.

    #3 4 years ago

    When you say print headers? I'm not following that, can you explain? Do you mean header pins? Yes I reflowed them.

    #6 4 years ago

    Ok so here's a first.. I took out my logic probe. I touched resistor 5 (100k). The missing 100 digit came back. And that's the fix. Go figure. Just touching the
    100k resistor with a little electricity to it brought it back.

    #9 4 years ago

    I'm sure.. But it is now fixed.. I'll replace all of the 100k resistors as soon as they arrive.

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