(Topic ID: 43371)

BSD - mist ball falling off magnet

By Almost4200hp

11 years ago



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#1 11 years ago

Hi guys. When the mist ball starts to track across the playfield it gets a couple of inches out of the pocket then falls off. Magnet checks out ok on test as do optos. Any ideas?

#2 11 years ago

is it always in the same location ?
sometimes the wire inside breaks, go in magnet test and pull/wiggle the large black wire at the bottom to see if the magnet power falls away

#3 11 years ago

Did you do the specific magnet test that runs through various tests and drags the ball right to left then left to right then drops ball etc.

#4 11 years ago

I was reading up on this a couple weeks back. Usually when it loses the ball consistently a little way out of the gate, it's a long optics problem. The board may be repairable, but if nothing else, there's a $100ish replacement board made now.

#5 11 years ago

Broken wire inside the twisted phone cord looking cable, it stretches to a point where it loses contact and cuts power to the magnet.

New cable.

LTG : )

#6 11 years ago

9 times out of ten its the phone cord, go their first.

#7 11 years ago

Thanks guys - the magnet power wire coming out of the cord cable was loose at the connector - obviously just got to a certain angle then cut out sometimes.

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