On Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 1:59:24 PM UTC+10, DomaineR wrote:
When two lights on the same strand go out, but the rest remain, then it is almost always a bad connection along that strand. Either the molex plug for the flashers is the same with a fault, or a cold joint if between PF sockets, or a break in a solder
joint on the string. I'd check my IJ to get a better sense of what harness the two lights you are describing...but traveling today. All the flashers on IJ are on red/white, but I'd have to see on the harness if there are 'spurs' or if its one loop.
Regardless I would first check conductivity along that red/white and see where you get a break. Since it affects two lights, that is more likely the source of your problem than the driver wires to the individual lamps.
Can look in more detail on Friday when I get home if you haven't figured it out by then.
She's a great machine... if I could only make my path of adventure more 'playable'.! Mine almost always goes left left and no amount of adjusting the level gets it to make a random path down the two sides.
Pinball is troubleshooting is what I'm trying to say.
Cheers... and good luck
ers.
On Monday, March 21, 2022 at 11:25:06 AM UTC-7, Dave wrote:
Had a look on Pinside but couldn't see anything so thought I'd try this group. The left ramp green dome flasher and the lite jackpot flasher also on the left ramp both stopped working yesterday as I was changing a few lights. Don't think a pulled or
disconnected anything. I do know my way around my IJ and have had the playfield completely stripped many times for cleaning plus replaced many components underneath the playfield so certainly not a novice. This one not so sure about though. Both flashers
were working fine but I was pulling a few things in that vicinity as I was taking apart the miniplayfield so I could replace all the LEDs on the miniplayfield so maybe I did pull something loose? Both flashers seem to share a common red/white wire (I
think???) so may be related to this? No other lights appear to be affected and everything else works fine. Any ideas? Cheers.
Thanks for the info. Every little bit helps. Will probably have a closer look over the weekend but if you do come up with anything more, that would be great! Gotta be honest, the wiring does intimidate me a bit whereas I can pull another component apart
with no worries.
Re the miniplayfield. Apart from some early issues when I got the machine - I've had it since 1998!!! - been really good. Got it pretty much lined up correctly and no issues with pulling left or right. In the time I've it and replaced the motor twice -
most recent replacement a new motor around 12 months ago so no issues there. Plus I placed the small driver board. The red LED stopped working at one stage and I did notice one of the components looked "burnt" so ended up buying a new one when I got the
motor. this way I new both motor and board were brand new and since then it's been faultless.
Cheers, David.
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