(Topic ID: 264859)
Waupaca, WI
Ha ha, they look like fuses made out of capacitors. Crazy. Get rid of them...... In My opinion. Add to the list of 1001 dumb things people have done to pinball machines. Thanks for sharing.
They are thermal fuses. Blow when temperature reached. Used in electric heaters or electric griddles.
Quoted from BigWilly_Arcade:They are thermal fuses. Blow when temperature reached. Used in electric heaters or electric griddles.
I read that as electric girdles. Which certainly would need fuses.
Quoted from RCA1:I read that as electric girdles. Which certainly would need fuses.
Haha, must be the eyes, I did the same thing!!
Quoted from edednedy:Wondering why they used these instead of fuses in the first place.
The answer 99% of the time as to why, is "they were idiots". (only half kidding)
Likely, they work in some industry/trade where what they used were commonplace there, so they figured let's use them here in some completely unrelated use.
Quoted from edednedy:Wondering why they used these instead of fuses in the first place. Did you get this to work after replacing the fuses?
Must have been out of bolts...
Quoted from edednedy:Did you get this to work after replacing the fuses?
Not yet, still trying to track down what caused the short in the first place. I just ordered a schematic. Difficult to trouble shoot without it.
Quoted from EMsInKC:Must have been out of bolts...
or .22 shells 
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