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Bally Fathom Right Saucer Arrow Lamp Problem - Fixed

By TomGWI

6 years ago


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    #3 6 years ago
     
    MAT

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    Can you swap in a good known lamp driver board to confirm that it's the lamp board causing the problem? The one in your Paragon would work.

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    #21 6 years ago
     
    MAT

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    Quoted from TomGWI:

    Thanks. Hoping it is the lamp socket but I doubt I will be that lucky.

    It could also be the bulb! If you disconnect the lamp+socket completely does the src still burn on power up?

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    #25 6 years ago
     
    MAT

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    Quoted from TomGWI:

    I swapped bulbs with another one from another socket on the game and Nothing changed. Bulb was good as it lit fine in the other socket

    Disconnect the socket wires and confirm if the src is still burning up.

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    #41 6 years ago
     
    MAT

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    Is this the lamp in question? Is that the wire you disconnected? :

    That wire looks to be blue/yellow. The reason I'm confused is that connector J2 has no wires that have anything like that color in it.

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    #43 6 years ago
     
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    Ok, which one of these wires is Blue/Yellow?

    This doesn't make sense.

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