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Jeesh that was lucky

By Langless28

7 years ago



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#1 7 years ago

Went to troubleshoot a non responsive arrow #3 on my high speeed to discover that a small button head screw got lodged between the solder connection of the switch. Thank god it was not between a high voltage item and the lamp/ switch matrix. Removed it and all is well.

Fun fact: most commercial and industrial buildings have outlets installed where the ground plug faces upward. This is to prevent the perfect storm scenario of an item such as s penny falling off a table, landing behind a loose plug and shorting out the neutral and hot blades of the plug. With the ground upward, it closes that gap and would deflect such an item.

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#2 7 years ago
Quoted from Langless28:

Went to troubleshoot a non responsive arrow #3 on my high speeed to discover that a small button head screw got lodged between the solder connection of the switch. Thank god it was not between a high voltage item and the lamp/ switch matrix. Removed it and all is well.

I hear you ! I had a shorted flasher circuit on my Getaway about 6 months ago. Turned out that i had dropped a tiny screw down through a hole in the playfield and landed in an open flasher socket (had removed the bulb for some reason that i cant remember) and got really lucky finding the issue. That one could have been a bitch to solve !

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