Cedar Rapids, IA
My EBD has no memory battery. I would like to put in a capacitor. What size should I use?
Thanks,
Kraig
(Topic ID: 3265)
What do you mean you want to install a capacitor? rather than a battery?
I usually go down to Wal-Mart and buy a cordless phone battery pack and install it rather than the on-board NI-CAD battery that will eventually go bad. Mount it down at the bottom of the head (not on the board).
G
I ended up doing it something like this after talking to an EE technichian. We'll see how long the juice in the caps last since they don't store the power a battery would.
http://homepinballrepair.com/pinballbatteries.html
Kraig,
As long as it's a big enough cap (high enough MicroFarads) it will work. But, it won't hold the memory as long as the batteries will. As long as you don't care about losing the memory over long periods of downtime, it should work fine. There are Super-Caps available that will work best if you find that a standard capacitor doesn't hold the charge long enough.
G
Grimsby, ON
Pretty much as long as it is on about 10 min. per month you will never have to worry about losing your highscores and settings. And if you do loose settings you will only have to set it back up and try to remember to turn it on once in awhile. At least there will never be any battery leakage on the boards or anywhere else in the machine.
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