(Topic ID: 277371)

Ghostbusters Premium Help

By GhostBusted

3 years ago



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#1 3 years ago

I have a Ghostbusters premium.

Purchased brand new in 2016ish and it has worked great until earlier this year when it developed a ball trough issue. It would autoload balls and then could not locate the balls.

I contacted the distributor where I purchased and they walked me through a bunch of things (like 10 weeks worth of things). They sent out and I replace the ball trough sensors (both sides the sender and the receiver). No joy. We then replaced numerous boards (nodes?) like 8C and others. After the last board swap it worked!

About 2 weeks after everything was back to normal, it is on the brink again. =(

I'm attempting to fix it myself and learn a little along the way. I am teachable and pretty handy.

Currently, it looks as if the lights are "shorted". Everything flickers and lights are on that should not be on The P-K-E lights are all out too. I am thinking no way could all 3 go out at once? Related to flickering? Not sure?

There was a switch #22 lane switch tech error message, but after a few days, it no longer appears.

Video attached to visual to see what it is doing.

Any insight tips would be very much appreciated!

Thanks!

Vid: https://imgur.com/xzhtJQp

#2 3 years ago

Bump..

#3 3 years ago

I don't have a GB so I'm shooting in the dark.

Are all those flickering lights on the same light board or on two that are daisy chained? I had a similar issue on a whitestar machine where the power connector on the light board was loose and eventually broke. It flickered inconsistently for a while and then went out totally.

While in attract mode, push the power connector and see if the behavior changes. If there are multiple boards with daisy-chained power, make sure you start with the first one in the chain.

#4 3 years ago

Ok, will try this now!

#5 3 years ago

Unplugged the board closest to the where the lights were flickering or out (PKE Lights). The lights that were flickering all stopped flickering. How do I know if its that board or another one?

#6 3 years ago

Not sure I understand your post. Are they working now or just off?

You should be able to trace the wires easily. They will route to another board or into the main wiring harness bundle.

Post some pics of what you changed and I can help you better.

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