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Stern LOTR Wire Color Fade

By Pinthetic

9 years ago



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#1 9 years ago

Check this out. The wire colors in the back box are more prone to fading from the Fluorescent lamp than I normally would imagine.

While troubleshooting the 19 LED board I traced the wiring from the Aux Output down to the playfield and I did not find yellow wires. I found orange. When tracking back I discovered they have changed colors! They changed color only where they are exposed to the lamp.
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#2 9 years ago

Same thing on mine. So what did you find wrong with your led board?

#3 9 years ago

that's because florescent bulbs output a quantity of UV light. Not only will it fade the colors in the plastic wire insulation but eventually I would imagine it will start to break down the plastics in the back box too.

#4 9 years ago

Still working on the issue with the LED board. It has several LED's lit all the time and is fed data from U201 on the I/O board. The LED board has a lot of SM components, which is nice for the size, but sucks when you don't like working on SMT boards.
When I figure it out I will update it as a separate tech post.

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