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Can someone help with a fuse that keeps blowing?? F-14 Tomcat system 11

By pinlink

5 years ago



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    #1 5 years ago

    The special solenoids (flippers, slings, knocker, pop bumper) do not blow the fuse, but it seems that when any other solenoid is fired this fuse blows. The fuse is 2.5amp slow blow. I've visually inspected the solenoids and no wires seem to be touching anything they shouldn't. No solenoids are locked on. Tested the 2 bridge rectifiers that are next to this fuse and they are good.

    Where should I start? Thanks
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    #2 5 years ago

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    #3 5 years ago

    Pop bumper and knocker don’t seem to blow the fuse either.

    #4 5 years ago

    Is this possibly a Snubber relay board issue? I think that it's the solenoids listed with an asterisk that are blowing the fuse. Any advice on what to look at or check, please??

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    #5 5 years ago

    This is the fuse that keeps blowing. Capture (resized).PNGCapture (resized).PNG

    Solenoid list:
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    #6 5 years ago

    Put the game into solenoid test. Check to see if both the A and C sides are firing simultaneously. You may have a short across that relay, or only part of its shared circuitry. The solenoid tests should help narrow things down further.

    #7 5 years ago

    Thanks for your help!
    Could you explain a bit about how to do this:

    Quoted from goingincirclez:

    Check to see if both the A and C sides are firing simultaneously.

    #8 5 years ago

    During the solenoid auto test, #'s 1 thru 8 each have an "A" and a "C" side. Usually "A" is a flasher, and "C" is a solenoid. This corresponds to the chart in your manual, and you will see this scroll across the display as the test progresses. The A/C relay (which itself is #14) is supposed to only allow either the "A" or the "C" to operate. So when you watch the test, if you observe a flasher and solenoid operate at the same time, you'll know something is wrong.

    I'm not familiar with F-14 directly, and I note some of your affected coils do not have A/C matrixing, so your issue might end up being a bit different. But solenoid test mode is the place to start. It's easier to isolate faults in test mode rather than the randomness of game mode where multiple things may be happening at once.

    The A/C circuit itself gets a little more complex the deeper you go, but we'll save that for now. I once had an issue with my Space Station where A/C sides were going off simultaneously causing all sorts of madness... the tests helped narrow down the cause (ultimately, the A/C relay circuit was instrumental, but not the issue).

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    #9 1 year ago

    Did you ever figure out this issue? Mine is doing the same thing. Checking everything

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