Status changed: Broken → Good
Verified balls were continuously firing. Removed balls and used switch edges test to verify that trough switches 1-6 were good. However, switch 87, “top trough” was not working.
Dismounting the LED panel, I verified that all the LEDs were working except LED1 (see photo 1). I checked the voltages and they seemed fine. Assuming that it was a bad LED, I replaced it. That didn’t fix anything.
Putting it back, I again checked voltages and got inconsistent readings on this LED. The cause turned out to be a broken resistor wire (photo 2). When pushed down it worked, explaining the intermittent readings.
I resoldered it. I ended up with a firm connection and a working LED (photo 3). I will order more resistors so we can replace this and the lower-wattage ones on the board.
The balls are firing off on their own in a continuous loop. Here’s what’s happening under the play field:
Status changed: Good → Broken
Game goes into an infinite loop of launching balls. Someone was apparently playing it and didn’t tell anyone about the problem. Unsure what caused the issue, may have started once a multiple started? Even with a reboot the infinite cycle starts right away.
None of these are failing now
On the Fliptronics board there are 4 fuses, all 3A SB. What was actually there was 2 correct fuses, one 2A SB and one 5A SB.
The 2A SB had blown, and the 5A was dangerous, so I replace them both.
Status changed: Broken → Good