Hot Flipper Coil

[shansta]

Ah yeah of course it would! Be somewhat intermittent too as the wear/slop gets worse? What a bitch!

Nice job! 

[RatBag]

Well done Gibo, tricky one there.  I always check EOS operation by pushing the slug in rather than moving the flipper bat, but I am not sure this would have helped in your situation?

Have to ask, however, how you were frying coils rather than blowing fuses - didn't have a nail in there instead of a fuse did you

cheers
Ian

Fried the first coil after 3 games,fitted new coil then it blew the fuse after that didnt let it get that hot that it would do any damage ,played the game with the coin door open and kept feeling the coils

[ajlaird]

As an aside, always worth checking all fuses in a newly acquired pinball machine - there is absolutely no guarantee that the fuses are rated correctly.

Glad that you found the problem - everything pointed to EOS!

[shansta]

As an aside, always worth checking all fuses in a newly acquired pinball machine - there is absolutely no guarantee that the fuses are rated correctly.

Why? Screwdrivers work fine for me - never melted one yet!

[ajlaird]

As an aside, always worth checking all fuses in a newly acquired pinball machine - there is absolutely no guarantee that the fuses are rated correctly.

Why? Screwdrivers work fine for me - never melted one yet!

Better a fuse than... anything else, really!

[Strangeways]

After a bit of quiet time at the shed today its fixed, it was an extremely worn flipper pawl causing the problem,with the playfield in the upright position activating the flipper the EOS would open no worries and stay open but when the playfield was back in its rest position the weight of the flipper bat and pressure on the EOS would close it again causing the coil to heat up,in hindsight probably should of picked it up earlier

Interesting problem / solution - Well done picking that one up !

[shansta]

Having taken your advice Andrew....

$50 at Jaycar later - I should be right for slow-blow's for a while...