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help - wiring a Bally transformer

By mark532011

7 years ago

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#1 7 years ago

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mark532011

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I am trying to get a Harlem Globetrotters back online. I've purchased a new rectifier board and did not take good pictures so I am following the directions on http://www.pinwiki.com/wiki/index.php?title=Bally/Stern#How_To_Hook_Up_a_Bally_AS-2518-18_Rectifier_Board

My question, the website says the 18-gauge red wire comes from lug 5 and solders into E1, while the 18-gauge yellow from lug 1 solders into E2. However on my transformer I have the 18-gauge red on lug 1 and the yellow on 9.

Should I go with the colors (i.e. use the 18-gauge red no matter where it comes from,) or go with position (i.e. whatever color wire is in lug 1 goes to E2)?

I am guessing to go with color, since there isn't anything at all on lug 5 of the transformer, but this is so fraught with disaster I am hoping someone with some experience can help me out. Am I looking at the wrong website?

The only pic I took of the original setup: IMG_0157_(resized).JPG

How the transformer looks: transformer

Mark

#2 7 years ago

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cody_chunn

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Quoted from mark532011:
My question, the website says the 18-gauge red wire comes from lug 5 and solders into E1, while the 18-gauge yellow from lug 1 solders into E2. However on my transformer I have the 18-gauge red on lug 1 and the yellow on 9.
Should I go with the colors (i.e. use the 18-gauge red no matter where it comes from,) or go with position (i.e. whatever color wire is in lug 1 goes to E2)?

The schematic I have shows Lug5 to E1; Lug 1 to E2; these are the AC wall power input to xfmr; and no connection for lug 9.

#3 7 years ago

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Quench

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Your transformer is wired for 115VAC, meanwhile the Pin Wiki article and schematic as mentioned by Cody is for 120VAC hence a different lug being used. Make sure to add/remove the jumper links between the transformer lugs as appropriate (i.e., for 120V, link a wire from lug 1 to 3, a separate wire link from lug 5 to 7 and cut the wire link between lugs 9 and 11).
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#4 7 years ago

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WeirPinball

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Here is what I use

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#5 7 years ago

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aobrien5

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Not to derail, but I'm about to put a Stern transformer + GPE rectifier into a Bally, and the transformer only had one wire for each terminal/E point on the original board. Is that a problem? What kind of problem?

#6 7 years ago

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mark532011

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thanks so much guys!
now to go see if I can keep from blowing myself up....

#7 7 years ago

DEL

SealClubber

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If I remember correctly, Sterns only used a single wire but it may have been a thicker gauge. It has been a while since I had to rebuild a Stern Power Board.

#8 7 years ago

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Mk1Mod0

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If only someone made a kit...

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3 years later

#9 4 years ago

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bluebomber

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Wait, you guys have lugs on your Bally transformers? Mine just has wires sticking out of it.

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#10 4 years ago

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jj44114

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Pre-1980 games have the lugs.

#11 4 years ago

TEX

Startek2

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ahhh the sweet smell of a transformer fire! good luck!

#12 4 years ago

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BigAl56

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Quoted from jj44114:
Pre-1980 games have the lugs.

When we redesigned the rectifier board in 1980 we were able to get the transformers made for us with a connector on the end instead of solder lugs. This made life easier as we could replace soldered with connector jumpers.

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