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History

I was playing a game of Monopoly. I shot the ball up the Free Parking ramp and the ball hit the yellow standup post (next to the Free Parking sign) and bounced off and hit the back of the Electric Company sign. Just after this happened, the Electric Company sign started showing random patterns and the left LED panel was completely out. Originally, Stern and I thought it was the sign that took the damage, so I received a new Electric Company sign from Joe Blackwell (as a side note, he is a great guy to work with.) Well, the next sign looked the same. I then talked to another great guy at Stern (Chaz) and he said that if it was not the sign then it must be the power driver board. Well, that did the trick.

While I was waiting for my power driver board to arrive I came up with this fix. It looks and works great. It might have been a fluke that it happened, but I am not taking the chance again.

Here are three pictures that show you what I did.

1. Back side view with Electric Company sign removed from pin.

2. Side view of Electric Company sign.

3. Back side view of Electric Company sign re-installed.

Materials

1. New screws that are approx. twice as long as the originals. I used the same nuts.

2. Black heat shrink to help separate the lexan from the screws.

3. I piece of Lexan cut to size. I can measure the piece if anyone is interested in applying this fix.

That's it!

Please let me know what you think.

Dennis