What are some common Blastcity fault?

[XeD]

I have an opportunity to buy about 9 broken Blast city at a deal (for me it is) I have not power them up, they look complete. How easy/hard are these to repair?

 

[Mitsurugi-w]

The hardest part would be if the monitors need repair. They are still repairable. Even if you had to wire in a different power supply they are still desirable.

 

[XeD]

Do they have repro fly back? I believe it's all monitor issue. why else would they take it off the floor, right?

 

[twistedsymphony]

The Blasts have the Nanao MS2930 monitor. Phenomenal monitor but if the flyback dies there are no replacements available.

I ran into this same problem with Nanao MS8-29 the flyback was dead. While i normally do my own monitor repair my only option was to send it to a repair place that had a spare flyback... even then I paid $160 for the repair and I got a used but still good flyback.

If the chassis are dead then you have 3 options
1. find and buy a new chassis that still works
2. send it out for repair to a place that still has parts
3. replace the chassis with a different model (worst option IMO)

I mean when it comes down to it these are just fancy boxes that house a monitor.

Just something to be aware of.

 

[XeD]

Good to know. I'm into repairing thing myself because I'm cheap and stubborn enough . Here hoping their tech is worst then me. If I get 50% of these working again I'll be happy. I do have 3 extra 2933 chassis I can use. Having said that are the tube from a 2930 compatible with the 2931 and 2933 chassis?

 

[kuze]

Good to know. I'm into repairing thing myself because I'm cheap and stubborn enough . Here hoping their tech is worst then me. If I get 50% of these working again I'll be happy. I do have 3 extra 2933 chassis I can use. Having said that are the tube from a 2930 compatible with the 2931 and 2933 chassis?

You can drop a 2931 chassis on a 2930 tube as-is with no problems.

If you want to put a 2933 chassis on a 2930 tube, I've read you have to replace a component on the chassis otherwise brightness is way off.

However if you have a 2931 tube, you can use the 2933 chassis as-is.

 

[XeD]

You can drop a 2931 chassis on a 2930 tube as-is with no problems.

If you want to put a 2933 chassis on a 2930 tube, I've read you have to replace a component on the chassis otherwise brightness is way off.

However if you have a 2931 tube, you can use the 2933 chassis as-is.

Thanks