Hello WoZ owners. I just recently joined the club with ECLE #670 and upon setting up the machine for the first time found this LED strip that wasn't attached to anything. Can anyone tell me where it is supposed to go? It is wired into the back box lights and is sticky on the back. Found it near the monkey.

-RLF

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After finally having time to check out the WoZ I picked up I'm running into major issues I could use a hand with. When I first powered the machine on I tripped the breaker for the circuit it was connected to. Nothing else of substance was on that circuit, so this seemed like a poor start.

I started unplugging the 120V connectors and found that without the main display connected the machine would start up. When I connected the main display to 120V wall power on it's own it was totally fine.

Now, even without the display connected I'm not getting any playfield lights or switches turning on. The CPU and audio stuff seems to be booting up, and the main fan runs along with the back box lights. This led me to check out the transformer and I'm only getting about 60% of the voltage the manual says I should get (48V on the red wires for example when it should be 70V).

I've tried re-seating any connection I can get my hands on, without any success. My thought right now is that the display was a red herring and that maybe my main transformer is totally screwed? Has anyone seen this kind of issue before? I haven't had much luck searching for it online.

Thanks,
Ryan

The transformer input seems wired correctly for 120V.

Can someone tell me if 49V is actually the correct transformer secondary voltage across the red wires or the blue wires? The manual lists it as 49V in some places and 70V in other places....EDIT "70V" in the manual refers to DC right? 49V is RMS AC?

Root cause of my problems with WoZ was an arc fault breaker on the circuit it was plugged into that didn't seem to like this pin. Powering up WoZ's large transformer must look like an arc to that breaker and it trips. None of my other games trip the circuit, but I bet they were close. For now I'm running it on an extension cord down the hall to an outlet with a normal breaker, but I'll be swapping out my arc fault breaker for a normal one shortly.

This type of issue may become more common as more houses are equipped with arc fault protection breakers.

Thanks. A voltage regulator on a WoZ without the 2.0 light kit seems like a wise investment.

Any chance anybody has the paint code for the green Emerald City metalic fleck paint? I've got an ugly scratch in a side rail I'd like to simply touch up if I can.

Thanks,
RLF

Oh man, there is one of these in the goodie bag of stuff that came with my 2nd hand game. It was never installed and I didn't know what it was

Guess I have a project for the weekend!

8 hours? Nice work. I told my wife it'll take 24 hours so if I can get this done closer to your time frame that'll leave me 16 hours of play time...er...testing time!

Looks like round trip flights to Saskatoon are about $800. I'd even let you set up an air mattress underneath the game

I did inventory my kit last night as suggested. Happy to find 2x bags of the 4 little insulator papers. JJP must have felt generous.