not sure if anyone can help or if this is the right subforum but i just got a chicago coin twin hockey from 1956 ,an arcade hockey game. got it working pretty good .trying to get schematics ,my question is the flourescent light on the playfield,is it supposed to stay lit all the time or only light when game is started
mine does not light at all so i,m thinking it might be activated by a switch when the game resets to start a new game under the playfield
does anyone have any idea which switch stack it might be ?
i tried a new bulb ,new starter new ballast ,nothing. its got no power going to the ballast or starter?
i am trying to get a hold of schematic
also is it supposed to keep spitting out new balls even before the one on the playfield scores?
thanks for all your help as usual
jim

i tried a new bulb and starter even the ballast no help
cleaned the contacts too,all the wires to the starter and sockets seem to be ok ,thats why i thought maybe it gets power when game is started and a switch just isnt making contact.
isaw another video of one and it looked like the light came on after a coin was inserted,you dont have a schematic to look at do you ?
and thanks nice video too

ok thanks ,luckily all the switches still have the labels so i will look for one that is labelled hold switch ,right??
it does have a fuse in line for the light , that was good too thanks

its actually alot of fun esp when more then one ball is on the "ice" .its about 5 feet long and 2 1/2 feet wide .its a simple little game with alot of action as the hockey players spin around and you move your lever back and forth to direct the rotation of the hockey players to try to hit the pucks(pinballs),even my wife ,who is not a game fan,says its fun .she even said it was cute!!
it does have a real nice vintage look i will post some pics later if anyone is interested.

still no luck finding a schematic anyone out there have one for their game and can let me know how the flourescent light is wired thats my only remaining problem thanks

not sure what i did ,but in order to get the fluorescent light working i tried to wire it directly to the outlet cord on the machine ,the one that plugs in to your outlet ,the light worked .i was about to solder the wires that i had attached when i noticed one of the wires i had placed had come undone.but the light was still on .i turned the machine off and on and the light still worked ,its been almost a week and the light works now ,maybe it just needed a jump start ,anyway the game looks much better with that fluorescent light working lighting up the ice !
now does any one know if the balls that get spit out to the play field are supposed to be deposited on opposite sides so each player alternately gets first chance to hit the ball,on mine the lever to direct the balls only operated about 2 times out of 30,is this lever operated by the ball count unit?? does it matter who scores to determine which side the ball will roll to?if its the ball unit which copper contact on the unit does this ?
thanks again for all the help