I have an ad up on Kijiji saying that I will do electronic repairs. A local gentleman contacted me and said that he had an air hockey table that he had bought that had a broken connector on the controller board. I said I would take a look. I visited him and found that he was in his 80’s.
When I opened the controller this is what I found.
I assumed that he probably had the table for his kids or more likely grandkids to play when they visited.
Some super glue, a bunch of scraping, some small pieces of wire, and some careful soldering later and he’s back in business.
It turns out that he and his wife play air hockey from time to time.
Thanks. I haven’t spoken to him since the day that I reinstalled the board. We hooked it up and everything fired up and he was very happy. He said, “You’re not going to leave without playing a game, are you?” We played a game so that I could make sure that all of the features and functions were working (score, music, lights, etc.) When we walked upstairs his wife said, “Was that air hockey that I heard?” I hope they play it any enjoy it.