Hello,

I'm working on restoring my first pin, a 1972 Williams Honey. I cleaned all the springs in the back box and had itworking fine for about a week but now the 10 point relay is arcing super bright and blowing fuse after fuse.

It arcs when anything on the PF worth 10 points is hit but doesn't advance the score reel. It doesn't look like the relay is pulling in either just brightly arcing across 2 or 3 contacts.

Can someone with some experience point me in the right direction diagnosing this?

Thanks,
-Kevin

The player one score reel coil does look a little toasted. The last time it blew a fuse it was playing on player two though. Would that still cause it to arc?

Ok,
Tested all the 10 point reel coils, and 10 point relay coil with a DMM. All tested out okay.

Any other obvious culprits?

If I manually pull in the 10 point relay it blows the fuse right away. Also, i couldn't reach the chime coil to test it but the chime works on other point value targets.

Yes, it all resets ok. Only blows a fuse during a game.

Definitely the coil on the match unit. After looking at the schematic, the spring that's arcing is the one that energises the match unit and the coil is totally cooked.

Thanks everyone!

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