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TECH: Whirlwind flipper button will not register...

By RyanClaytor

9 years ago



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#1 9 years ago

My right flipper button on my Whirlwind will no longer register.

Every switch works in test mode....except for the right flipper.

The switch itself is good.

I traced the wires, and followed them back to the interconnect board at J10 (pins 1 and 6 are where the orange/purple and blue/purple wires end up. I HAVE CONTINUITY all the way back to the board for those wires.

I pulled the interconnect board. All solder traces look great on the header pins on the back of the board. (No cracked or dry solder joints).

All fuses are good. (pulled and tested).

I'm at a loss, and don't know what to do next. Is there a component on the board that could have gone bad? Also, isn't it odd that only ONE switch isn't working? (I would have figured that if a component went bad, it would be an entire row or column...not one lonely flipper switch).

What can I check?

Ryan

#3 9 years ago

Help me out, kind of a newbie when it comes to voltage testing.

How do I test for voltage at the switch? What setting should my meter be on, and where should I put each lead?

Thanks!
Ryan

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