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Frank's Battery Board CR2032 for Bally/Stern MPU 100/200 pinballs. BRAND NEW!

$ 8.97

Availability: 100 in stock
  • Restocking Fee: No
  • Refund will be given as: Money back or replacement (buyer's choice)
  • Return shipping will be paid by: Seller
  • Item must be returned within: 14 Days
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
  • Condition: New
  • Original/Reproduction: Original
  • Year: 1981
  • Brand: Bally
  • Modified Item: No
  • All returns accepted: Returns Accepted

    Description

    Frank's Famous Pinball Battery Board CR2032 for Bally/Stern MPU 100/200 pinball machines. Direct Fit Brand New! Shipped with USPS Priority Mail.
    ** LOGIC BOARD NOT INCLUDED **
    If you're not sure which Battery Board your game uses, download my application guide. Now over 427 game titles supported!
    https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1boVkMvrF1i_IQkQQBPFcnG57ZRGtv9nu?usp=sharing
    Help us help, your purchase supports Project Pinball.
    Say NO to battery corrosion damage!
    This is to replace your leaky rechargeable NiCad battery with a CR2032 lithium coin cell battery. It is a direct fit part and 100% compatible. It preserves your games original functionality. Hundreds of pinball and arcade video game logic boards have been left permanently damaged due to battery acid leakage, don't let battery acid damage destroy your favorite game!
    Better than an NVRAM. It is 100% compatible and easier to install. Just remove your old battery holder and solder the CR2032 adapter board in its place.
    Battery is included (USA only)
    Works with every game listed below, no compatibility issues as is possible with an NVRAM, retains game function as intended by the original engineers.
    Battery life expectancy is 5 years, when the battery dies you can grab a new one while grocery shopping.
    If the game has to go into long term storage and the batteries are forgotten about you won't have to worry about corrosion damage.
    Will retain Real Time Clock functionality on games equipped with the feature.
    Smarter than a remote battery pack: the CR2032 battery adapter board is soldered to the board, no battery pack flopping around or potentially losing your settings/high scores when removing the logic board for service.
    Includes an additional blocking diode to protect your game in the event the glass diode on your board shorts.
    This board will fit the following Bally/Stern MPU 100/200 pinball machines.
    NOTE: Some of the games listed weren't manufactured by Bally or Stern, but used their board systems such as Astro's Black Sheep Squadron.
    Bally MPU AS-2518-17
    301/Bulls Eye
    Black Jack
    Bow and Arrow
    Eight Ball
    Evel Knievel
    Freedom
    Mata Hari
    Night Rider
    Power Play
    Stellar Airship
    Strikes and Spares
    Bally MPU AS-2518-35
    Black Pyramid
    BMX
    Centaur
    Centaur II
    Cosmic Flash
    Cybernaut
    Cybernaut
    Dark Rider
    Dolly Parton
    Eight Ball Deluxe
    Eight Ball Deluxe
    Eight Ball Deluxe Limited Edition
    Elektra
    Embryon
    Fantasy
    Fathom
    Fireball Classic
    Fireball II
    Fireball II
    Flash Gordon
    Flash Gordon
    Fly High
    Frontier
    Frontier
    Future Spa
    Genesis
    Grand Slam
    Harlem Globetrotters On Tour
    Hotdoggin'
    Kings of Steel
    Kiss
    Lost World
    Medusa
    Miss World
    Movie Masters
    Mr. & Mrs. Pac-Man Pinball
    Mystic
    Mystic Star
    New Wave
    Nitro Ground Shaker
    Paragon
    Pin Ball Pool
    Pinball
    Playboy
    Rapid Fire
    Rolling Stones
    Saturn 2
    Sexy Girl
    Silverball Mania
    Skateball
    Space Hawks
    Space Invaders
    Space Rider
    Speakeasy
    Speakeasy 4
    Spectrum
    Spy Hunter
    Star Trek
    Super Bowl
    Supersonic
    The Six Million Dollar Man
    Tiger Rag
    Vector
    Viking
    Voltan Escapes Cosmic Doom
    World Defender
    X's & O's
    Xenon
    Bally MPU AS-2518-133
    Baby Pac-Man
    Gold Ball
    Grand Slam
    Granny and the Gators
    Stern M-100 MPU
    Cosmic Princess
    Dracula
    Dracula
    Hot Hand
    Hot Hand
    Lectronamo
    Magic
    Magic
    Memory Lane
    Nugent
    Pinball
    Stars
    Stingray
    Tour De France
    Trident
    Trident
    Wild Fyre
    Stern M-200 MPU
    Ali
    Big Game
    Catacomb
    Cheetah
    Cue
    Dragonfist
    Flight 2000
    Freefall
    Galaxy
    Hypnox
    Iron Maiden
    Lazer Lord
    Lightning
    Meteor
    Nine Ball
    Orbitor 1
    Quicksilver
    Seawitch
    Split Second
    Star Gazer
    Viper
    Why use a battery board.
    NvRAMs are another option, they aren't always the simplest or the most cost effective. For one, they don't preserve the function of the Real Time Clock (RTC). While it's not a necessary function for most games, I believe that most collectors want their games to function as designed. Also not all RAM chips are socketed making installation more difficult. If the RAM is socketed, it could still have acid corrosion or be worn out and not hold the NvRAM tightly. NvRAMs can and do fail. I understand batteries die, but they are much simpler and cheaper to replace.
    Another option is remote battery packs. To me this is the most ridiculous solution. When the board has to come out for service you either have to disconnect it meaning all of your settings are going to be lost, or you'll have to work on the board with a battery pack flopping around. And if you think a remote battery pack is going to save you from acid damage, it won't. It will only buy you time. I have seen several instances where acid has traveled up the wires.
    My battery boards fit into the existing battery holder location. The fact that it has to be soldered in is due to the design of the game, not my boards. They stay permanently attached to the board, require no modifications and can easily be removed when someone is willing to pay you 5 grand more for your game if it had the original AA batteries. I take every step I can to make all my boards a complete solution and as easy as possible for you, my customer and it comes with a battery.
    One last point I want to make is a lot of people are making claims about the voltage differences between three AA battery packs (4.5v) and the CR2032 coin cells used in my battery boards (3.0v). They are also claiming that the CR2032 won't last as long due to the fact they have less milliamps. I had one guy comment that he prefers to use the AA batteries due to the advantage of having 4.5 volts as opposed to just 3 volts. Advantage? What advantage? Does he think 300 million points are going to be added to his high score every time he turns his game off or something? The fact is both of those claims are wrong. Over 6 years of real world testing has proven 2 things. The first is that 3 volts is adequate to maintain game memory during power down. The second is that the CR2032 coin cell provides enough milliamps to last about 5 years. I think the reason the coin cells outlast the AA alkaline cell is due to the chemical composition differences of the two, although that's purely speculation.