Hi all, I just finished a playfield swap of eight ball deluxe, plugged it in and it came up, but none of the switched lights were on. I went into the test mode and started cycling thru the tests, the free game knocker fired but no other solenoids. The fuse under the playfield was out (1amp MDL slow) which is for the solenoids I believe, and there was a smell. I replaced the fuse but it blew again immediately after starting. I checked all the coils for resistance and they were all above 2.5 except the coin door coil, which is at 0.5. Can this coil cause a problem if it gets shorted?

Thanks,
Karen

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So the only solenoids working are the knocker and coin door. Knocker works and I can hear the coin door trying to fire. What could I have done wrong during the swap?

Hold on I just saw I wired one of the slingshots wrong. Be right back...

Ok so I had one of the two wires that should be together on the wrong lug of the solenoid. Stupid since they are both clearly yellow and belong together. I fixed that wire, replaced the 1amp slow blow under the playfield and tried it. It slowly blew the fuse, acted like it was going to fire that slingshot and then went dead. The solenoid was slightly warm. Could I have screwed something else by putting that wire on the wrong lug? The coil reads 10.7 ohms across the lugs.

K

I replaced Q6 with a Tip102 and it works! Fuse not blowing!

Now I just need to figure out why my switched lights are not working. All of the numbers are not lighting. I did use copper foil tape for the common as suggested by vid, not sure if that is the problem.

K

It was the copper tape. I tore it all out and used wire and now they all work. Next time I won't try to get fancy. Thanks for your help!

Karen