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Bugs Bunny's Birthday Ball
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Quoted from SDM0:What gauge wire is this on my Bugs Bunny?
Does this help?
Screen Shot 2023-05-24 at 9.49.30 PM (resized).pngQuoted from SDM0:Is this ok?
Sure!
Either will work.
But I really appreciate wire-bot:
https://wirebot.xyz/products/18-awg-wire-solid
You can buy a ten foot length of 18ga Yellow wire for a couple of bucks and of course shipping costs. Or the 18ga Yellow with a white stripe wire.
They have all the colors and types of wire used in your pinball for that 'I got my pinball fixed right' look.
No, that's basically speaker wire; two wires within insulation.
Quoted from SDM0:Or is this better?
amazon.com link »
I would try to match the color of the wire that you are replacing. Red usually means +5v.
Try here:
You could get a range colors for future repairs:
Or just the color you need:
[edit]: I forgot about wirebot...that's a good source too
Quoted from ForceFlow:Try here
Thx! The picture from above is from another 11c. The one I need to replace was cut and messed with and now I don't have enough wire to repair it and reach the pins. So I figure I would extend each wire by connecting to new and then butterfly to a connector - the way the original was.
Norwalk, CA
Do you have the tool for inserting the wire into a plug?
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https://www.marcospecialties.com/pinball-parts/77-IDC156
Shop around, you can probably find it cheaper. I just used Marcos page for reference.
Quoted from girloveswaffles:Shop around
Woah that is expensive. You use that to push the wires into the connector and it cuts through the rubber so make contact with the wire, right? I did another connector like that once and just sort of pushed it in with a flat head screw driver. Is it risky to do that way?
Quoted from SDM0:You use that to push the wires into the connector and it cuts through the rubber so make contact with the wire, right? I did another connector like that once and just sort of pushed it in with a flat head screw driver. Is it risky to do that way?
Yikes, that should be like $8.
Cheaper, but still a little expensive: https://www.pinballlife.com/search.html?Search=idc%20tool
Quoted from SDM0:You use that to push the wires into the connector and it cuts through the rubber so make contact with the wire, right?
Yes.
Quoted from SDM0:I did another connector like that once and just sort of pushed it in with a flat head screw driver. Is it risky to do that way?
It's not the right tool for the job, but in a pinch, sure, you can get the wire inserted with a small screwdriver.
Quoted from SDM0:Woah that is expensive. You use that to push the wires into the connector and it cuts through the rubber so make contact with the wire, right? I did another connector like that once and just sort of pushed it in with a flat head screw driver. Is it risky to do that way?
That's why I said to shop around. Marco's prices seem to be way over the top.
The connector dies the actual cutting when you press the wire down on to the contacts blades.
Quoted from ForceFlow:Yikes, that should be like $8.
Cheaper, but still a little expensive: https://www.pinballlife.com/search.html?Search=idc%20tool
As I said, Shop around. I just used that page as a quick reference.
The first time I saw one of those tools it (and a .100 version) came in a in some sort of a repair kit or video game conversion kit if I recall.
May have been a Midway, Williams or Exidy. Been many years since then.
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