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Removing Bally Backbox Any Advice?

By TinyToo

9 years ago


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#1 9 years ago

I'm going to be moving house in a few weeks and I need to remove the backboxes on my Xenon and Centaur to get them into the new property. I've been trying to trace the wires from the backboxes to determine just how difficult this is going to be. It's tricky to see where everything goes without actually starting to disconnect it all.

The wiring harness for the lights and displays is soldered onto the backboxes in quite a few places and so my main question is, does all the wiring from the backboxes terminate in either a junction box or connector somewhere? Basically, will I need to remove the wiring harness from the backboxes and have to resort to de-soldering to disconnect them, or can the wiring harness on the backboxes remain where it is as everything just disconnects?

I plan to photograph everything and label each connector and junction box carefully to make it easier to reconnect, but any additional tips will be welcome. I was able to get them in to my current property without needing to do this, so this will be new to me.

#15 9 years ago

Thanks for all your advice.

When I picked up my Centaur we got it out of the previous owners house by the rotating the backbox whilst still connected method. Trouble here is, we'll be relying on professional movers for our house move and whilst they say that they're happy to move my pins, I'm not sure how happy they'll be fiddling about rotating backboxes going through 2 doors. Also the front door goes into a corridor with a door on the side into the main part of the house. That turn might be difficult to negotiate with the backboxes attached, but if I've taken them off, it'll be easy.

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#19 9 years ago

I don't think they're solder hacks, looks to me that the backbox lighting and display harness was originally soldered in a few places. I think I would like to transport the backboxes myself, if the movers break the playfield glass it can be replaced, if they break the backbox glass, very difficult if not impossible to replace even if insured as it will be!

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