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Quoted from freddy:how about a shorted bulb socket?
No. This would blow a fuse. More likely is a high resistance/open somewhere.
Quoted from mof:Does white Violet come out of head anywhere but this guy?
Diagram below is from PinBot since I could not locate it for Cyclone, so check original manual if you have one. Notice (at least on Pinbot) that there's no Y split on violet/wht-vio pair like there is on the yellow/wht-yel pair. This should be one of the easier branches to troubleshoot.
Quoted from mof:When I measure sockets. They are 4.8vac a little low.
That is a problem...you have 6.5 vac at the connector but only 4.8vac at the sockets. Measure continuity for low ohms from connector to playfield for each (violet and wht-vio) with bulbs removed from socket. Voltage should be the same from that connector to the first socket in the branch.
Quoted from mof:I have 6.5ac to the pf connector. That eliminates back box.
White/ Violet
And
Violet
Quoted from mof:Bingo. 3.8 ohms resistance in the backbox-to-PF-connector.
My brain did not pick up that a small drop like that was a factor, but of course it is. My guess now is bad crimp on a connector. Will replace one end of white-violet, and report back...
Hey as long as I learned something, it's all worth the extra time...
-mof
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