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Pinball machine is shocking me! literally!

By vintage4life

11 years ago


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#1 11 years ago

I just bought The Shadow and have noticed that the legs and lock gate will shock me sometimes if I brush against it lightly(very light shock, almost not noticeable). I have checked all the ground wires I could find. The one leading into the backbox wasn't screwed down so I did that and it still does it! Any help would be much appreciated.

#3 11 years ago
Quoted from docquest:

That happened with one of my machines due to a flakey ground pin on the power cord. once i replaced the cord the problem was gone.

Yeah my ground pin seems kind of bent up. I will give that a try. Thanks

#10 11 years ago

Yeah I just replaced the cord and it still shocks me. When my arm is on the side rail and I touch a bolt or metal part in the playfield it shocks the crap out me! Any thoughts?

#11 11 years ago

Just checked my extension cord that I have shadow plugged in to. No 3rd prong on that! Going out to buy a new one! I hope that fixes it!

#12 11 years ago

Well the new surge strip fixed the cabinet and legs from shocking me. Nice! But if I touch the cabinet and the back screw on the mini playfield it shocks me pretty bad. Nothing else seems to so I will not touch that part hah. Any thoughts on that issue though would be appreciated.

#16 11 years ago

Yeah Its off until I figure it out. Probably just a stray ground somewhere. I'll find it!

#18 11 years ago

No everything is working fine. I think there is a problem with the metal post in the battlefield. Maybe a live wire touching it. I'm going to check tonight.

#24 11 years ago

Thanks for all the advice guys. Much appreciated. I am going to hook it up to a different outlet when I get home.

2 weeks later
#26 11 years ago

Yeah it was my wall outlet! All fixed now!

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