Happy to officially be in the club!
Brought home a Flight 2000 recently and during the reassembly/clean up/testing phase noticed that there was no playfield fuse installed....yet the machine seems to be fully functioning. Traced the wiring and discovered a jumped wire from the right flipper to the outlane kicker. Machine has been well maintained, and everything is else is clean, no hack jobs, so it puzzled me a bit that this bypass exists. I am new-ish to repair, and interested in learning, and I’m curious about the following:
1. Why would a tech bypass this fuse? Is there ever a legitimate reason?
2. The MPU and solenoid driver boards are Alltek ( which I read has coil protection), do the presence of these boards nullify the need for the playfield fuse? Could removing this bypass actually cause me any issues?
3. What is the risk / danger in operating machine with this fuse bypassed?
I appreciate anyones input on these questions! Thank you! Ready to Blastoff! ...Once I know I won’t start any fires.