I’m running Scott’s software on my Firepower at TPF right now. Giving it a serious burn in.

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I took the gate off for TPF. I really like it....have to soft plunge to get FIRE and the orbit is cool.

But many players at TPF were plunging too hard and the ball would orbit through the spinner and drain. That's frustrating. I think I'll design a controlled gate that will be closed for a few seconds after plunge, then stay open until another ball is served.

Playfield angle and EOS switch play a *huge* part in hitting the top lock. I switched to WPC mechs as well, which was an improvement, but was still only hitting the lock about 25% of the time. Coil wiring is fine and EOS switch is new. Flippers feel strong.

My playfield angle was 6.1 degrees, I believe. If I dropped it down to 5.8 degrees my success ratio went up to about 75%. There could be other factors in there as well, such as non-clearcoated playfield, raised arrow inserts, minor deflection from ball guides, but most of the time I could hit the lock.

I tweaked my EOS switch so it barely opens now and I'm able to hit the lock fairly consistently at 5.9 degrees.

Yeah I don't like gapping them that close. I don't worry about heat so much since it won't get continuous play, but I do worry about the adjustment drifting and the switch never opening.

Try these and paint the tops white.

http://www.cometpinball.com/mobile/Product.aspx?ProductCode=2SMD

Always worked for me to spread the light evenly and avoid spotting.

I used 1 SMD ice blue under the blue inserts. They usually look washed out with white or warm white LEDs and some think blue LEDs under them makes them too dark.

The ice blue gives you a nice, beautiful sky blue. Very pleasing to the eyes.

I use these in the backbox in most games.

https://www.cometpinball.com/product-p/2smd.htm

Paint the tops white (or color match if you prefer) to avoid spotting. The faceted lenses spread the light nicely. And Vid's right, with these you don't need them in every socket.

That gate is different from mine, but for that type of gate it's the correct orientation.

What ramps? All I saw were the red pop bumper bodies.

Oversized ball?

Just got a CFFA3000 for my //e. Something to play around with this winter.

There's your problem right there. After rebuilding my flippers with WPC mechs and new System 6 coils I was still unable to hit the top lock more than 50% of the time at 6.0 degrees. I found I had to drop it to 5.8 degrees to get a 90% or better consistency.

The direction I went was to add a System 9 50-volt transformer and use the higher power WPC flipper coils. No problems hitting the lock now at 6+ degrees.