Attack from Mars
Bally, 1995I never realised it but now.
If I get a arm contact between my AFM and another game on both sides, I can feel electricity. Super nice for kids and drunk friends
AFM is really the problem. I need to shut it down to stop the effect between games.
My power cord is fine (with ground on it).
Where should I look first?
Great game but this add on is a bit too much
Check your ground strap continuity to the lock down etc.
You should get a buzz from the strap to the lock down to the ground pin on your plug.
Its just looking for a ground.
False alarm!
Just saw that The power bar on my AFM ( same powerbar for both of my side games) didnt have The ground on it. Looks like someone pulled it off to accommodate a 2 sockets wall plug.
Thanks hooked!
Glad it was a false alarm. I had the same symptoms w/a Cirqus V and Funhouse, and it ended up(after a long search and w/help) that just a little pc. of paper was off the coil to a 'up-kicker' on CV and it was touching the bracket. Craziest problem w/a game I ever had.
You still need to track down what is getting shorted. The ground pin is a safety mechanism in case of a short to the cabinet parts.
Quoted from jgreene:You still need to track down what is getting shorted. The ground pin is a safety mechanism in case of a short to the cabinet parts.
Exactly - the power bar not being grounded should NOT be shocking anyone - there's still a problem somewhere. But if everything else is still working OK, it's probably not a problem you HAVE to deal with. But if it were mine, I'd want to figure it out and fix it.
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