Quoted from initfo:Using this equation, the rating of the fuse battery would be 18A. Of course this won't be the real case, given the different resistances of the solders, but it surely wouldnt blow at 5A.
Absolutely correct, and now back to the hacks...
Quoted from wayout440:If any PATH (meaning individual fuse) exceeds 5A, that fuse will blow.
There, THAT's what I was looking for. THIS is the point I was trying to make by talking about Ohm's law. I'm not arguing that the total rating of those fuses is 20A in the real world, I conceded that point. As you pointed out, in some cases the rating can actually be less. That's fine, I don't disagree with that.
My point was that paralleling fuses should increase the current rating because that's how current works! That's all. The problem is the way you have been trying to make your point makes it sound like you are directly contradicting Ohm's law, Kirchoff too. If you re-read your arguments from someone else's point of view, I think you'll see what I'm saying.
I found the PDF you linked to. I knew it was what you used because I saw the text you cut and pasted. I read it and found the portion that initfo mentioned that states the rating would be 18A in this case. I'd even typed up a response about it but decided to let it go because I was tired of arguing about this.
I'll be the first to admit I don't know everything. I also admit I learned something here. After all this arguing and typing, the end result is that we actually agree!
Quoted from pindel:Black knight upper playfield. Wow! that ball isn't going to bounce in. Great idea
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The sad thing is, two of those nails are factory originals.
Quoted from stangbat:I'll be the first to admit I don't know everything. I also admit I learned something here. After all this arguing and typing, the end result is that we actually agree!
So does this mean the nerd fight is over? 
I was hoping for a pocket protector to be ripped at least...
Quoted from thedefog:So does this mean the nerd fight is over?
I was hoping for a pocket protector to be ripped at least...
Sorry, it was just a heated discussion. Ultimately, it's bad form to replace a fuse with parallel fuses when the correct fuse, or even a value slightly lower will do the job.
When nerds fight usually it ends with someone's head exploding. Be thankful it didn't get that far.
maxresdefault.jpgI sold my brother in law my doodle bug. he said a screw came out and he fixed it with a nail. I told him to take that shit out. Hopefully he did and didnt use a drywall screw.
Quoted from dasvis:You know he did.
probably he is a hillbilly.
Quoted from wayout440:When nerds fight usually it ends with someone's head exploding. Be thankful it didn't get that far.
Quoted from thedefog:So does this mean the nerd fight is over?
I was hoping for a pocket protector to be ripped at least...
One of these?
IMAG5458.jpgQuoted from thedefog:This came from my comet project. Not a terrible hack job, but seems like more work than it would have been worth to just get the correct display glass/PCB to replace with. From the back of a matching display.
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As far as I'm aware, this is how you have to do it :-/ I did the same on High Speed. The circuit boards are unobtanium, and there's only one manufacturer left making the glass, and they make it with the nipple (meaning it wasn't formed in a vacuum like the original)
Quoted from dothedoo:Lifted the playfield of my friend's Space Shuttle tonight and found this......oy...
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WTF
Quoted from dothedoo:Lifted the playfield of my friend's Space Shuttle tonight and found this......oy...
I see the problem. There's a cold solder joint.... follow the red wire 
faz
Quoted from dothedoo:Lifted the playfield of my friend's Space Shuttle tonight and found this......oy...
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Well it is Halloween. Run away! Run away!
Quoted from schudel5:Hand carved pine flipper bat and wooden dowel for a shaft. Why stop there? A blue rubberband to complete the ensemble.
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mike,
which machine is that on that we have to play at next weekend's event? 
Quoted from j_m_:mike,
which machine is that on that we have to play at next weekend's event?
Star Gazer. Not even joking...that wooden flipper was in the coinbox of my Star Gazer when I bought it. If you look at the shaft you can see where the wood is compressed. So there is evidence that it was actually installed in a game! Crazy.
The SG came from Kentucky; so I wasn't even surprised in the slightest. 
Quoted from schudel5:Star Gazer. Not even joking...that wooden flipper was in the coinbox of my Star Gazer when I bought it. If you look at the shaft you can see where the wood is compressed. So there is evidence that it was actually installed in a game! Crazy.
The SG came from Kentucky; so I wasn't even surprised in the slightest.
That cuts deep man. We now have shoes and telephones but still must use hand carved flipper bats. lol!
But in all honesty, I am scoring some sweet games that are broken and getting them for next to nothing because of crap like this so I actually cant even argue with you.
Quoted from dothedoo:Lifted the playfield of my friend's Space Shuttle tonight and found this......oy...
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Quoted from dothedoo:Lifted the playfield of my friend's Space Shuttle tonight and found this......oy...
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I just....
I don't even....
Ummmm.....
I give up.
RM
Quoted from jmountjoy111:This dime was acting as a support for the ramp on my Hurricane. I mean come on. For that dime you could have gotten some washers that would have done the same thing
Destruction of govt property. Sending the police to your location now... 
Nice one! LOL
Quoted from tezting:paperclip between two ramps
That's used by players to hold notes on how to make that shot. I ALWAYS scatter snippets of the ruleset across the playfield. 
faz
Quoted from jwinn1812:I have no clue on this Fish Tales green target
piece of a tennis ball ?
I didn't take a picture, but my CFTBL had a custom "stash" alarm.
It was a security alarm triggered by a switch on the coin door, powered by a 12V lantern battery, through speaker wire. They screwed a scrap of wood into the left side of the door and mounted the switch to it.
Hey Del...good to see you here.
Nice buzzer...!
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Quoted from pindel:I see a lot of door bells for some reason.
Got one on mine too...I think I'll keep it and make it a real doorbell.
You'd think it would have been just as easy and less unsightly to rig the start button to provide credits also.
Quoted from HHaase:Yeah, but yours has TWO of them.
It's a mod so nice,they had to do it twice!
-Hans
Who knows what they were thinking lol.
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