Museum of the Game® & International Arcade Museum® Forums

New ballast, rated for F15T8, new bulb, new FS-2 starter. I checked the power running from the hot and neutral wires that go to the ballast, and it reads 117v. I've wired one lead of the ballast to the bulb and the other lead to the starter. Ground is connected. When I turn on the machine, the light doesn't come on, but sound works.

As long as I've had this Centipede, the bulb has not worked.

The only thing I can think of that could be going wrong is that I've got the hot and neutral connected to the wrong leads. Is that possible with AC power?
One lead is solid strand wire, the other is braided... I used pliers to twist them around each other and applied the cap and electrical tape.
Back
Top Bottom