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Re: Calling all GOTTLIEB owners WORKING!!!!!!
« Reply #15 on: May 25, 2012, 09:46:51 PM »
LOL- He who speaks too soon!!

Not out of the woods yet.. back box now popping the fuse again even with the wire disconnected... but... game is still working!

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Re: Calling all GOTTLIEB owners WORKING!!!!!!
« Reply #16 on: May 25, 2012, 10:50:37 PM »

Good progress mate. Interesting "mod" that renders the game useless and a 6V drop across a fuse - funny stuff  %.%
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« Reply #17 on: May 25, 2012, 10:53:45 PM »

Good progress mate. Interesting "mod" that renders the game useless and a 6V drop across a fuse - funny stuff  %.%

Yeh... took me a night to get my head around the way this works

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Re: Calling all GOTTLIEB owners WORKING!!!!!!
« Reply #18 on: May 27, 2012, 12:12:24 PM »
Good to hear you got it sorted Gav .. luckily Millsy had that schematic .

Nice looking machine  ^^^ 
I need more room ! and more $$$

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« Reply #19 on: May 27, 2012, 12:23:00 PM »
Good to hear you got it sorted Gav .. luckily Millsy had that schematic .

Nice looking machine  ^^^ 

LOL- its still not working properly, but havent had time to look into it this weekend as im working.
The backbox is ramping the current up and melting 15A fuses..LOL
Im at the stage where ive taken out all lamps and all is OK.. ill replace one by one and see what happens

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Re: Calling all GOTTLIEB owners WORKING!!!!!!
« Reply #20 on: May 27, 2012, 05:28:41 PM »
HA!!! I dont roll over for any machine....

Found that damn fault!

I took all the lamps out and disconnected the new wiring for the bulbs. I put the bulbs in one by one.. all was good over the score reels.
I inadvertently left a bulb in the top section that i had disconnected, which didnt matter as there was no power going through this circuit.
See here... wires off!



Funny thing is though that the bulb was dimly lit    !@# !@#

Then i found the short by following the power line.

Behind the Jones plug, someone had been at a lamp socket and had lifted the staple that holds it down.. it was just about touching a  ground



This meant i had 2 grounds which as we know are not zero volts, but more like 30V.

Well.... sorted out this area and machine now holds itself. I have 1 relay that will not behave itself... with the PF down i can hear it going click click at start up which prevents it going full cycle... lift PF 6 inches and it stops...GGGGRRRRRRRR!... Or.... hit PF with fist and it stops.
I know which relay it is and its the worst one to get to.. typical.

But...... all major problems solved!!!!

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Re: Calling all GOTTLIEB owners WORKING!!!!!!
« Reply #21 on: May 27, 2012, 06:20:55 PM »
Well done Gav  #*# .. sound like only one niggly fault left
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