I am having trouble with the flipper fuse blowing on Gorgar. I have done some research and I am leaning towards replacing capacitors on the power supply. Am I heading in the right direction?
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I am having trouble with the flipper fuse blowing on Gorgar. I have done some research and I am leaning towards replacing capacitors on the power supply. Am I heading in the right direction?
Ok sorry a little more detail. The game has been in my collection for a number of years. Recently it developed flipper trouble. When I replaced the fuse the flippers work. I can play several games without issue. What I have noticed is when activating the flippers rapidly the GI lights flicker a bit. When both flippers are activated at the same time in rapid sucession is when the fuse blows. I have not checked coils or diodes for shorts or opens as the flippers seem to work for a fair amount of time before the trouble starts. I have checked eos switches and looked for loose connections and bad solder joints. Nothing is jumping out on those points. The coils do not show any signs of heat stress. There are no unusual oders from the playfield or backbox.
Thanks for the input so far.
Ok thanks for the replies. I did have 10 amp slow blow but used my last one so Ill need to get more. I hope to check diodes and coils later this week. Thanks again
Thanks for all the input. I rechecked everything suggested and found nothing obvious. For completeness sake I lifted the playfield and fired up a game. What I noticed after alternately holding and pounding on the flipper buttons for several minutes was an intermittant spark on the right eos switch. Double checked the sleeving mentioned and it looked good.Made a slight adjustment to the switch and no blown fuses since.
Thanks to all !!
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