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Re: Why do all pinball machines hum ?
« on: December 16, 2014, 01:49:47 AM »
Its caused by stray magnetic fields from the transformer, also known as Edi Currents. Its due to the frequency ( in this case 50hz) of the AC cycle.
you can lessen it by tapping the iron core to ground and also installing a Faraday cage and tapping this to ground... the cage on SS games is just this