(Topic ID: 289475)

Big Game rectifier board low DC volts

By TIB

3 years ago


Topic Heartbeat

Topic Stats

  • 21 posts
  • 4 Pinsiders participating
  • Latest reply 3 years ago by pins4u
  • Topic is favorited by 1 Pinsider

You

Linked Games

Topic Gallery

View topic image gallery

Screenshot_20210309-210655~2 (resized).png
20210307_112720[1] (resized).jpg

You're currently viewing posts by Pinsider Rikoshay.
Click here to go back to viewing the entire thread.

#7 3 years ago

Are you able to post a picture of the back of the rectifier board please?

#12 3 years ago

this may not have anything to do with it, but...

did you trim back the wires, tinning them also before you soldered them to the rectifier board?

it's not a criticism here, just an observation, but some of the solder joins don't look to have taken well where the wire meets the rectifier board.

if only a few strands of a cable are making connection it isn't enough to carry the necessary current, creating resistance resulting in a voltage drop.

you could doing a resistance test for each wire from the transformer lug to the relative rec board header pins ?

#15 3 years ago

i'm trying for a process of elimination

you mention connecting J2 only, as J2 has the mains voltage, can you remove the other pins, 1,2,5&10?
isolating the machine from the rec board.

or if you happen to have a variac make a plug with wires going to pins 6 & 7 on J2

so you only have the active and neutral going to pins 6 & 7 and see if there is any difference?

if i'm doing a rec board i use a variac to check the board prior to putting it back in the machine so i know it's ok, if something doesn't check out afterwards, i know it's not the rec board.

you confirmed the transformer outputs were okay, give or take a little:
E3 - E4 = 49VAC
E7 - E8 = 7.3VAC
E9 - E10 = 7.8VAC
E11 - E12 = 12VAC
E5 - E6 = 173VAC

what is your AC line voltage?

#17 3 years ago

this is frustrating....

and the following may do nothing at all, but something is amiss causing the problem, and the fuses aren't going open so the bridges aren't shorted internally.
the transformer shows to putting out the correct voltages

okay, maybe try removing all the fuses, and putting in one at a time and checking the test points?

Promoted items from Pinside Marketplace and Pinside Shops!
Wanted
Machine - Wanted
Boston, MA
$ 3.00
Cabinet Parts
20eyes
 
From: $ 115.00
Playfield - Protection
Beehive Pinball Co.
 
$ 33.00
Boards
PinballReplacementParts
 
From: $ 14.00
Electronics
Third Coast Pinball
 
$ 69.00
From: $ 5.99
Playfield - Plastics
The Pinball Scientist
 
$ 29.00
Cabinet - Sound/Speakers
RoyGBev Pinball
 
$ 199.95
$ 12.00
Electronics
Yorktown Arcade Supply
 

You're currently viewing posts by Pinsider Rikoshay.
Click here to go back to viewing the entire thread.

Reply

Wanna join the discussion? Please sign in to reply to this topic.

Hey there! Welcome to Pinside!

Donate to Pinside

Great to see you're enjoying Pinside! Did you know Pinside is able to run without any 3rd-party banners or ads, thanks to the support from our visitors? Please consider a donation to Pinside and get anext to your username to show for it! Or better yet, subscribe to Pinside+!


This page was printed from https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/big-game-rectifier-bard-low-dc-volts?tu=Rikoshay and we tried optimising it for printing. Some page elements may have been deliberately hidden.

Scan the QR code on the left to jump to the URL this document was printed from.