Funhouse Right Flipper Blowing Fuses

[Pintoxicated]

Guys,

As per the title, I am currently babysitting a Funhouse machine, well Adam/Crashramp is at the moment. 

The machine has been blowing the fuse for the right hand flipper.  The coil appears to be OK, the flipper button switch appears to be OK.  Any ideas on what else I should be looking at, perhaps on the board that could be causing it to blow fuses?

Thanks.

[pinball god]

Had same problem on t2 and was poor eos spacing

[Strangeways]

Had same problem on t2 and was poor eos spacing

+1

Could be a coil diode as well. Measure the resistance of both coils. If the fuse blows straight away, is will be a diode or a short in the winding. If it blows the fuse after a few games, you should smell the coil - or at least check if the coil is hot (careful with this). If it is hot, then it will be EOS spacing, or a wire has fallen off the EOS.

[Crashramp]

Had same problem on t2 and was poor eos spacing

+1

Could be a coil diode as well. Measure the resistance of both coils. If the fuse blows straight away, is will be a diode or a short in the winding. If it blows the fuse after a few games, you should smell the coil - or at least check if the coil is hot (careful with this). If it is hot, then it will be EOS spacing, or a wire has fallen off the EOS.

The EOS spacing is fine. We'll try changing over the diodes.

[pinball god]

Aaaahhhhh I get it, I'm on to you Adam. Babysit a game, then its develops problems. Hmmmmmmm next step offer peanuts to buy it off him  

Just mucking if you take it the wrong way......but not a bad idea, dont you think  

[Crashramp]

Aaaahhhhh I get it, I'm on to you Adam. Babysit a game, then its develops problems. Hmmmmmmm next step offer peanuts to buy it off him  

Just mucking if you take it the wrong way......but not a bad idea, dont you think  

Shhhhhhh!!!!! Don't tell him I've just taken a fuse out.   

 It's actually a mate of Blair's who owns the Machine. He's been OS for a while now and the game wasn't getting that much play while Blairs been baby sitting it. Anyway the guy was kind enough to let me hold it at my house for a while while he's away. Good for him and good for me. Besides I seem to be able to upset the most reliable of machines so any machine spending time with me is sure to get any faults identified. Fixing them is another matter though. 

[Pintoxicated]

Or could it be that I couldn't be arsed trying to fix the machine ;)

[pinball god]

Aaaahhhhh I get it, I'm on to you Adam. Babysit a game, then its develops problems. Hmmmmmmm next step offer peanuts to buy it off him  

Just mucking if you take it the wrong way......but not a bad idea, dont you think  

Shhhhhhh!!!!! Don't tell him I've just taken a fuse out.   

 It's actually a mate of Blair's who owns the Machine. He's been OS for a while now and the game wasn't getting that much play while Blairs been baby sitting it. Anyway the guy was kind enough to let me hold it at my house for a while while he's away. Good for him and good for me. Besides I seem to be able to upset the most reliable of machines so any machine spending time with me is sure to get any faults identified. Fixing them is another matter though. 

sounds like you have LOVE FINGERS.

[Crashramp]

I don't want to jinx myself but I changed the diodes on the coil a couple of days ago and haven't had another problem since.
Thanks all for the advice. 

[pinball god]

Great news 

[Strangeways]

I don't want to jinx myself but I changed the diodes on the coil a couple of days ago and haven't had another problem since.
Thanks all for the advice.  

+1

No jinx. It is a pinball machine's "normal" behavior