Star Trek: The Next Generation
Williams, 1993I've finally bit the bullet and started the Romulan Warbird mod on my STTNG. Before I begin I want to be clear how to power it once its in the game, since the original tow has no lights.
Since the connection is polarized, I'm looking for a definitive guide on how to wire it into the game correctly and cleanly, and with as little hacking as possible.
I did the "DIY 2nd method" on this page:
http://www.pinwiki.com/wiki/index.php?title=Star_Trek:_The_Next_Generation
It worked like a charm.
The ship has incandescent bulbs so there is no need to worry about polarity, just connect it to one of the GI strings (6.3VAC) and it will work fine.
I disassembled one of these ships in order to evaluate the circuitry inside, I was not happy with the way it was looking as you have to break it apart, this caused paint to chip off and light to shine through where it shouldn't, rather than fix it I tossed it and went with the other option which I recommend.
Just cutting the hole rather than disassembling the whole ship as it will save you time, and come out better in the end. The ship has a small circuit board in it, this board contains a small regulator circuit to dissipate excess voltage as heat.
you wont need this circuit as the GI circuit is the right voltage to drive the lamps; just be careful to stop drilling as soon as you drill through the first half, this will minimize damage to the wires.
I believe I reattached the wires so that the pair of lamps on each side of the ship in series with each other, and the two pairs in parallel; this is the same way the circuit card operated the two sides of the ship.
It really sounds more complicated than it is, good luck and please let us know how it turns out.
Quoted from Hammerhead:I'm looking for a definitive guide on how to wire it into the game correctly and cleanly, and with as little hacking as possible.
I can respect that, this can be done with no "hacking."
What I did was soldered a pair of wires to one of the GI lights on the right rear side of the playfield, on the top side, I attached a two-pin connector to to the wires, this will give me the ability to take things apart without any difficulty.
The small 1/4" cable clamp hold everything in place so you cant see the connector or wires from the players perspective.
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