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Schematic question

By undrdog

1 year ago



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    #1 1 year ago

    The flipper coils on Old Chicago have five wires going to them. Three to one lug, one to the center lug, and one to the other side.

    Now, here is the schematic.
    One connection to the flipper button. One to the EOS switch and one that goes to the unlabeled coil at the top.

    So, that’s three, except I’m guessing those are both inside the flipper coil itself, so really that’s only two.

    The line going up from the unlabeled coil meets a red wire -r- that goes to the 1000 point relay off to the right and to the bridge rectifier off to the left.

    Where on the schematic are my five wires?

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    #2 1 year ago

    Each flipper coil will have 2 red wires and a EOS switch wire connected to it .

    #3 1 year ago

    Mine have five. Promise.

    #4 1 year ago

    Schematic is a logical representation of the circuit not a wiring diagram. Likely your extra wire is the solenoid power bus that goes to other coils.

    #5 1 year ago

    Ah-HAH. Thanks.

    #6 1 year ago

    When you follow the line upward to the top (red wire), you encounter a T formation at the top. That's the logical representation of the idea that the red wire goes from place to place. In actual wiring practice, the red wire comes "from" a nearby coil to the coil in question, then continues onward "to" another coil nearby, resulting in two red wires ("from" and "to") on the same solder tab. Furthermore, depending on the locations of the coils needing a red wire on one lug, you could have three on a tab to branch off in two different directions, or one on a tab if it's the end of the line for that particular run of red wire.
    .................David Marston

    #7 1 year ago

    Thanks!

    #8 1 year ago

    The pic is a part of my sticky that folks seemed to find helpful.
    https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/em-pinball-circuits-basics-to-not-so-basic

    It shows how the physical wiring of a machine does not follow the logical diagram of a schematic.
    All the devices physically in the box is connected exactly as the schematic.

    The manufacturers connected the wires in the most cost and labor efficient manner, but all the wires in your game will connect to their indicated positions somewhere on the line of the schematic. If that makes sense.

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    #9 1 year ago

    Steve,

    Your animations & explanations have been very helpful to me! Thank you.

    The real eye opener for me this time around is @slochar's reminder that the schematic is not a wiring diagram. Good lesson to learn, which I understood at some level, but not totally.

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