Quoted from BenB:Thanks for the response now I at least know I am booting just not going into attract mode. I was checking voltages again at the rectifier board and noticed F5 general illumination was blown. It appears as though I have a short. I replaced the fuse and it blows instantly. If I remove the 20 pin J3 plug the fuse holds. Fuse will blow with J3 on the board. I pulled GI buss pins 10 and 11 (orange and red) and tried applying power with just one or the other installed. Both caused fuse to blow. Any advice on the best way to narrow down a GI short. Could it be on the rectifier board itself?
it's pretty much been said, but you have narrowed it down to the back box which is J3 on the rectifier board.
the general illumination is AC so there isn't anything on the rectifier board to go wrong.
the AC comes from the transformer, one line through the 20A fuse to pins 10 & 11 on J3, that you already know, and the other the return being ground, pins 1 & 2.
with all GI bulbs removed from the backbox, and J3 unplugged from the rec board, check for continuity between 10 & 11, the orange and red wires which should be soldered together to one of the GI braided wires and pins 1 & 2, the white and green wires, also soldered together to the other braided wire.
you don't need to check at the pins, you can just check where you see the orange/red and green/white wires on the backbox door.
if no continuity then great! something to do with a globe itself or possibly when the globe is seated?
with the game on and J3 connected on the rec board start reseating the globes and if the first one causes the fuse to blow it's really lucky you happened to pick maybe the faulty globe or there is an issue further back. Try another globe in a different holder.
if you have continuity, causing the fuse to go open, it is likely to be, the orange/red and green white soldered incorrectly (mixed up), a shorted/damaged globe/globe holder, a soldering hack, an oddity like a screw from the front shorting through the door or something else?
so the task begins of searching for the culprit/s.