(Topic ID: 271885)

Bally 4 lamps too bright

By Cheddar

3 years ago



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#1 3 years ago

Working on a Bally paragon that has 4 very bright controlled lamps. 2 in the water fall and 2 in the golden cliffs. In lamp test the other lamps barely glow. When i remove the 4 lamps from their sockets the others are slightly brighter.
I also noticed that some of these bulbs seem to pulse. It's almost like they are LEDs and ghosting but they are all incandescent.

I used a bench tester on the lamp board and had a single scr locked on and some cracked solder joints. Repaired these and still this issue.

What could this be?

#2 3 years ago

Any GI circuit wiring inadvertently touching any of the wiring to the 4 controlled sockets involved?

#3 3 years ago

Usually an always on bright lamp is a shorted SCR.
As Spy says above, look for a short. Pull the connector of the lamp driver board. I f the light stays on you have a short.

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