Williams Disco Fever (Williams, 1978) Need Help with fuse

[ironspider]

Greetings all, my first post!

I obtained a Disco Fever (Williams) machine today on the cheap because the owners pretty much thought it was junk--and they were right :) It's missing a ton of stuff (keys, manuals, the power supply board :) ) and it's missing a main fuse for the thing.

I was wondering if anyone could take a look at this picture and tell me what type of fuse I need to put into this baby in hopes of bringing it back to life (note: there was a fuse in the bottom of the cabinet that I put in there and the game DID general illuminate when I turned it on--for about 30 seconds and then that fuse bit the dust).

Thanks in advance for any help you can give me!

 

[madsci]

Where exactly in the machine is this fuse?
You can check the manual, found here http://mirror2.ipdb.org/files/686/Williams_1978_Disco_Fever_Operators_Handbook.pdf for the location and types of fuses and such for the machine. Remember to match the amps and whether it's slo blow or not. Volts listed are a minimum, meaning if the machine calls for 32v, putting a 250v is fine so long as the amps and such match exactly.

 

[ironspider]

Thanks for the reply Madsci,

I got an answer from another source I carpet bombed with questions :) This is a "fuse card" I guess. It is located in the backbox just under the power supply board to the left of the main transformer.

It appears it is the "General Illumination" fuse 6.3v @ 20amps fast blow.

Looks like most of the fuses out there are 250v so I should be good with a 250v 20amp fast blow fuse correct (I can't actually tell if Disco Fever is a type 3 or type 4 Williams machine but if it's not 6.3v GI 20amp fast blow the other sheet I found says "28v flippers 20amp fast blow"--but since the amperage requirement is the same I should be good as long as I get over that 28v max correct)?

 

[madsci]

your game is system 3, and yes the 20 amp fast blow 250v should be fine. It's tough to get exact voltage fuses like that, but the volts aren't really a big deal when matching fuses.