well the number should tell you how its made

32 to is the gauge of wire

1500 is the number or rotations the coil has.

you should be able to find a replacement that works. It's probably going to be similar to a lockout coil used on coin doors. Is it a small one?

look at the gottlieb coil cross reference chart. They should have something in the EM's.

I do believe Steve at PBR will make custom coils. Just give him a call.

I think John Robertson has a coil chart that lists almost every coil and relay made. Unfortunately, I don't have a link to post so you'll have to do a little digging on the net to find it. Or, you might find him on this site posting.

Steve

Actually i don't think the above is correct...
Zaccaria's coil labeling is different than US makers. I believe the "32" is not the wire gauge but is the wire diameter (probably in some metric amount). In US coils, a higher number would be a thinner wire (because it's a gauge number). In Zac land, a higher number is a thicker wire. I know flipper coils are labeled like that, pretty sure other coils too.

So bottom line you need to check the resistance. Then match a Bally or Gottlieb coil with the same frame size and similar resistance. This will get you a close match.

yea, it could be a measurement instead of a gauge. but the second one is number of windings.

Found the coil resistance chart link, http://www.flippers.com/coil-resistance.html , it's worth bookmarking.

Steve

i don't see any zaccaria on there.

I thought I said "almost every"? I'm sure John would gladly add any documented information he can get for the chart. I'm glad to get whatever info I can in one place if possible, Johns collection of info is a great resource.

Steve

There is an another coil in the game with the same coil number? Just test the resistance on it. And your 9/10 the way there

try this chart

http://www.pinballmedic.net/coil_chart.html

heres one for sale in europe
http://www.flippers.be/forsale_pinball_coils.html

--Jeff

Hi bonzo71
http://user.xmission.com/~daina/tips/pub/tip_archive.html -> EM tips -> http://user.xmission.com/~daina/tips/pub/emTips.html -> on the bottom, Zaccaria -> http://user.xmission.com/~daina/tips/pub/tip0221.html they write about "Zaccharia using Williams parts numbers". And in the already mentioned sites they talk about coils of "D-???" type - so I guess / assume D-Coils have "Diameter"-Info - other coils with "other letters in the beginning" are "Williams-Type" (?). Greetings Rolf

this chart is great for converting the numbers on the coil to b/W numbers. Looks like you need a 28-1500 coil. Which seems fairly standard.

zaccaria_coil_conversion_chart_(resized).jpg

Hi pinsiders
Life would be easier if the French would have taken "a yard (length)" and then build the "measurement" based on "parts of" and "multiples of" ...

A yard is 3 feet, OK. Lets define: a tenth of a yard is a dezi-yard (or deci-yard), a 100th of a yard is a centi-yard, a 1000th of a yard is a milli-yard. For longer distances 1 yard , then 10 yards, then 100 yards , then kilo-yards (multiplying a yard by 10, 100, 1000).

Unfortunately - the French people wanted something NEW - they have taken as a "meter": About 10% more than a yard - so there is: "one meter = 1.0936 yard, one yard = 0.9144 meter".

Here: http://www.pinballmedic.net/coil_chart.html -> almost on the bottom they talk about "D. 50 - S. 1600 - they say for "D." is "metric-system diameter (milli-meter) times 100 equals 50" - so that diameter is 0.5 milli-meter. Take a "milli-yard (a 1000th of a yard)" -> and take half of this -> this "thin" is a D. 50 - wire.
pinballmedic also mentions: Zaccaria pins use 36 Volts - so maybe (?) a Williams-Coil pulls stronger ?
Zaccaria-Chart (post-16): (upwards) - "unit / entity / item" is 0.01 milli-meter - a horizontal line by 10, 20, 30, etc. - the D-50-wire therefore is the horizontal line 50 - exactedly AWG 24.
Again, here: http://user.xmission.com/~daina/tips/pub/tip0221.html - they write about "Zaccaria using Williams-Coils".
Greetings Rolf

Hi bonzo71
thanks for telling us "B-29-1600" is a functioning substitute for the original "B-32-1500" - ifever another Zaccaria-owner is searching the forum for information ...

Here and there I've been reading (I do not understand the principle behind): Un-winding some windings (up to 10 percent) will make the coil MORE powerful. I can imagine "shorter total-length gives less total-resistance in the wiring - causing more amperes to flow".

Great - YOU CAN stretch out a spring "a small amount" - I have never tried - anxious of "overstretching, destroying" -> from a electrical cable (copper or iron) I have taken a couple of the very thin wires -> twirled / twisted -> one side of the spring I hooked in at the "anchor-plate / armature" and the other side of the spring I pulled towards "Original place to hook-up" then twisted the both ends of my helping wire -> could put a drop of solder on the twisted end - actually never did. Greetings Rolf

yes, unwinding a bunch of the windings would make the coil stronger, but your solution was easier and cleaner.