(Topic ID: 165245)

Flipper keeps flipping

By Redneck

7 years ago



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#1 7 years ago

My Dr Dude has developed an over enthousiastic flipper
Movie explains it better
https://vid.me/u7fG

Does anyone have an idea in which direction to search for the cause ?
Or do you know what could be wrong ?

#2 7 years ago

Check your cabinet switch, and check your EOS. Make sure they are clean(rub an index card between the contacts) and spaced properly. What you have is known as "flipper chatter".

#3 7 years ago

Can't get to your video at work. If it's 'machine gunning' (keeps flipping when you hold flipper button) then you may have lost your 'hold' portion of the coil. Swap coil side to side to see if problem follows. It it does, check the fine (thin) wire on the coil lugs, it's probably broken somewhere near the lugs. If possible, unwind a turn or two, scrape off varnish insulation, resolder to lug.

Don C.

#4 7 years ago

you can also check to see if some of the coil lugs are touching. I had that problem on the ball eject, on my Rocky and Bullwinkle. I had set the playfield down on the front accidentally and they were touching.

#5 7 years ago

It was indeed the hold wire that was broken.
I managed to repair it.

Thanks for the help !

#6 7 years ago

Thanks for letting the group know what the ultimate fix was, people should do that.

Have fun!

Don C.

3 weeks later
#7 7 years ago

Gents,
Just a quick post to say I just (proudly) re-solder the hold wire on my Pharaoh's upper mini-flipper, thanks to your posts!

Cheers!

#8 7 years ago
Quoted from LittleLord:

Gents,
Just a quick post to say I just (proudly) re-solder the hold wire on my Pharaoh's upper mini-flipper, thanks to your posts!
Cheers!

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