(Topic ID: 18173)

Theatre of magic grd short

By foonleclown

11 years ago



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#1 11 years ago

Hello all!

i have the problem Ground short row-1 and row 2 on my TOM.
Ground short row-1 white and brown
Ground short row-2 white and red

I have yet changed on my wpc security board U18 and U20.

I just looked in my manual book and on page 1-40ground short row 1 and 2 error message
it says:

this message indicates that the switch wires beeing called out are touching a grounded part
on the playfield or coin door.
1.slam tilt (or other coin door)switch touching the grounded coin door
2.a leaf-type playfield switch touching a ground part.
3.players poking metallic objects (wires coat hanger,ect)into the game
4.switch cable insulation pearced or damage allowing bare wire contact with a ground part
5.all switch in a row closing at the same time.Note this instance is not a switch problem or rare possibility.

The time i had that error was when LOCK BALL 2 stopped working and when i looked
at the switch (LOCK BALL 2) it was loose so the Pinball was off when i took a knife
and peeled the wire then i slodier it back on the switch...i also at same time did some work
on my coin door...then when i started the Pin it gave me the ground short error.
so like i said i changed on my WPC-S board U18 and U20.

Still get the same error

What should i do next ? do you think that the error is in the board or should i look
at the wires and the board is not really affected ?

Any help is appreciated!

Thanks a lot

#2 11 years ago

Easy to narrow down.

Unplug coin door harness from coin door interface board - if error goes away at least you know the problem is on the door. ( check the work you did )

Remove the wires from LOCK BALL 2 switch, if the error goes away then check the switch for shorts and then the wiring to it. Compare to other switches to see the white wire black end of diode, green wire, and silver banded end of diode - to see where they belong.

And you could unplug the switch line connectors from the bottom of the cpu and see if error goes away ( problem out in game ) or remains ( you blew some switch IC's )

LTG

#4 11 years ago

I had to replace u 19 on my party zone and that fixed my switch problem...

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