Quoted from RCA1:There SHOULD be connectors at the wire ends that push onto the circuit board connectors. Someone may have removed the connectors from the wires and soldered the wires directly to the boards. If that's been done, removing the head is a different degree of difficulty.
Not the case with this era rectifier board. It uses the square Molex plugs which are more robust than the earlier header strips. That said, this power supply put more stress on the GI bulbs and Ops often added a hack to drop the voltage a bit, common with Centaur, but not Xenon. This won't prevent removing the head, but does prevent removing the playfield, just fyi.
Quoted from cody_chunn:Some of the wiring stays in the head for removal. If it hasn't been hacked all wiring will come loose with connector disconnects. You will have to unscrew and open the white plastic retainers to get the harness free from the head. You're only concerned with the wires coming up into the head through the neck. Everything else stays.
Don't unplug everything. Loosen the harness and follow the wires to their destination and pull those connectors. Then drop them into the lower cabinet. Don't forget about the ground braid under the screw or wingnut.
Agreed. There will be two connectors on the rectifier board that need to be unplugged and one or two inline connectors that need to be disconnected and all that wiring comes up into the head. Then just follow all the rest of the wiring that comes up into the head and unplug those and drop them into the cabinet.
Quoted from dasvis:+1, they are keyed & only go in one way. That & common sense. No big deal
The sound board connectors may not be keyed so pay special attention to those.
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