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Flipper Not Working Stern SAM - First Time Owner

By Steveoshoots

3 years ago



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#3 3 years ago

The left flipper fuse is the same value as the right flipper. If you don’t have a digital multimeter, you can swap that one in.

Probably safest to take a look at the value of the fuse before swapping...it will probably be something like 2.5A. (But you cant trust machines you buy used to have the right fuses, and just because something is working doesn’t mean it is using the correct value of fuse.)

The manual will tell you. It good practice to figure out how to look that up. You can google: Metallica pinball manual, and should be able to easily find a PDF.

#5 3 years ago
Quoted from Steveoshoots:

ryanwanger I swapped the fuse and it works! So it must be a blown fuse? I found this on the manual. The working fuse One side says " BUSS MDL 5A" and the other end says "250V/ul sa" [quoted image]

Sweet! So, yes...definitely a blown fuse.

You also learned the the other fuse was wrong. (And it was higher than what was recommended, which is bad). They should both be 3A MDL or “slow blow”.

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