Mike26
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Hey I've been gone for a while (over a year) but I'm back in my NJ house where my arcades are and figured I'd finish off this final last thing, the EL panel Dilemma.
Cab finished, save for those wretched EL panels!
It effects almost every MVS cab owner out there, and there have always been solutions, but most have been useless, awaiting verification forever, prototyping for over 2 years, etc. I was told a few years ago while waiting for the LED replacement that it wouldn't work for my 2 slot gold woody cab without cutting some wood away. Not gunna happen. I was upset and decided to wait.
Step 1:
If you are going to use the cab while the old EL panels are in the machine or no el panels at all, you should disconnect the EL transformer from running, since it will eventually blow out and it will suck. It will also prevent the sound buzz or high pitched wine heard through the speakers when the transformer voltage has no where to go...
Step 2:
Order the damn A6 EL panels! I used this link:
http://glowhut.com/a6-size-electroluminescent-back-lightpanellam6.html
Make sure you choose "WHITE" as your color, and 2 of them obviously. You don't need any power adaptors, these will solder in and the existing transformer will power these.
Other than this, I followed the guide found on these forums, found here
Here's 2 youtube vids I made:
Embedded vids are not working for me here's the links:
http://youtu.be/n9w1TI4D0Kc
http://youtu.be/zF_3QQSVml4
Cab finished, save for those wretched EL panels!
It effects almost every MVS cab owner out there, and there have always been solutions, but most have been useless, awaiting verification forever, prototyping for over 2 years, etc. I was told a few years ago while waiting for the LED replacement that it wouldn't work for my 2 slot gold woody cab without cutting some wood away. Not gunna happen. I was upset and decided to wait.
Step 1:
If you are going to use the cab while the old EL panels are in the machine or no el panels at all, you should disconnect the EL transformer from running, since it will eventually blow out and it will suck. It will also prevent the sound buzz or high pitched wine heard through the speakers when the transformer voltage has no where to go...
Step 2:
Order the damn A6 EL panels! I used this link:
http://glowhut.com/a6-size-electroluminescent-back-lightpanellam6.html
Make sure you choose "WHITE" as your color, and 2 of them obviously. You don't need any power adaptors, these will solder in and the existing transformer will power these.
Other than this, I followed the guide found on these forums, found here
Here's 2 youtube vids I made:
Embedded vids are not working for me here's the links:
http://youtu.be/n9w1TI4D0Kc
http://youtu.be/zF_3QQSVml4
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I have been thinking about doing this with my 4 slot. It still needs a lot of cabinet work so not sure when I will get to this, but would love to have it done. I disconnected my EL panels when I first got it because at the time 2 were dim, 1 was barely visible, and 1 was completely out.
