Black Knight correct ball lock behavior

Gorguy

New member
Joined
Jun 3, 2008
Messages
21
Reaction score
0
Location
San Ramon, California
Hi I'm trying to figure out if my BK is working right.

If there's one ball sitting in the upper lockup trough(sw# 41) at the end of a game shouldn't it get kicked out when the game is over? On my BK the ball just stays there so that when a new game starts you've got 2 balls on the lower outhole ramp and one sitting up in the lockup trough, which seems wrong since then if you start a new game and lock those two balls it only kicks out 2 for multiball, leaving that last one STILL locked up in the trough...

If I manually clear the trough and put all 3 balls on the lower outhole ramp everything works great, 3 balls lock and come out on multiball etc. The problem only starts when I lock 1 ball and lose a game which leaves that ball locked.

I've looked through the manual but I don't see any service switch settings that would fix this.
 
Hi I'm trying to figure out if my BK is working right.

I have owned several BK over the years (still have one currently). Your machine is working like it should. It does not release the upper playfield lock balls at the end of the game. The machine does keep track of the balls. That is why if you lock a ball in the top lock and one is already there from a prior game it will just release the first one.

A game like Black Hole does release any lock balls at the end of a game.

Your Black Knight is fine.
 
Back
Top Bottom