Maverick
Data East, 1994Hey
(I will post in the club too)
Is this factory for the Lauren Bell motor?
I got a new motor from Marco and want to be sure to keep these "resistance" if so (old motor was working for 2-3 minutes before dying. Already dissassembled and reassembled with no success)
Thanks
Quoted from LTG:Hard to tell. You got a picture or anything ?
LTG : )
Hmmmmm you're not that good... 
Hard to tell for sure from that photo, but I think it might be a neon bulb.
Neon bulbs start to conduct pretty readily once ignited. You can use a lot less voltage to keep them lit once they've started.
Now, why is there one across an inductive load?
It's another way of suppressing inductive kickback and surges. Once the potential across the lamp exceeds its ignition voltage, it starts to conduct, and can eat the overage for you. Used to see this all the time on CRT power supplies in TVs and oscilloscopes and the like, and in installations with magnetrons (microwave systems, RADAR, etc.)
Since it's coupled with a MOV I'm betting that's the intention here -- and that looks like something a factory would do, since I doubt most pinheads would know about that approach.
Quoted from Majdi:Hard to tell for sure from that photo, but I think it might be a neon bulb.
Neon bulbs start to conduct pretty readily once ignited. You can use a lot less voltage to keep them lit once they've started.
Now, why is there one across an inductive load?
It's another way of suppressing inductive kickback and surges. Once the potential across the lamp exceeds its ignition voltage, it starts to conduct, and can eat the overage for you. Used to see this all the time on CRT power supplies in TVs and oscilloscopes and the like, and in installations with magnetrons (microwave systems, RADAR, etc.)
Since it's coupled with a MOV I'm betting that's the intention here -- and that looks like something a factory would do, since I doubt most pinheads would know about that approach.
Thanks Majdi. It makes sens. I was keeping this connector but wanted to be sure. This bulb is sci-fi for me
Quoted from Cheese_WizardPQ:Hmmmmm you're not that good...
Neon lamp, surge protection.
http://www.marcospecialties.com/pinball-parts/165-5021-00
LTG : )
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