Quoted from JReedie:I have 2 points where the machine is starting to burn between traces on the bakelite boards.
Is it starting to burn, or could this have happened a while ago?
Scorching like this could be caused by:
- dirty contacts that increase resistance and generate heat
- a high current circuit (e.g. to a pop bumper or other solenoid) that cuts off power without a bleeding resistor or some other place for the residual current to go
- having a contact land between two pads (as your BS relay) and barely making contact with either one of them which could increase resistance and generate heat.
If your contacts are landing in the center of the pads the scorching may no longer be an issue. Without a schematic it's hard to be more specific.
/Mark