Flippers not working on Mr Mrs Pacman

kaz1961

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The flipper on my MM Pacman stopped. I followed pinrepairs guide and
checked for 43 vdc at the three lugs of the flipper coils. I get a
reading of 60 vdc at all the lugs. Is this a problem? I tried
grounding the middle lug as per pinrepair and I get a spark but the
coil doesnt fire. What do I do next?
 
Can you move the flipper with your hand? If so it sounds like you have a short in your coil, check and make sure you have good solder joints, beyond that the coil will have to be replaced. If you can't then it sounds like your coil casing is melted, and you will need a replacement coil.
 
The flipper on my MM Pacman stopped. I followed pinrepairs guide and
checked for 43 vdc at the three lugs of the flipper coils. I get a
reading of 60 vdc at all the lugs. Is this a problem? I tried
grounding the middle lug as per pinrepair and I get a spark but the
coil doesnt fire. What do I do next?

Did you check the coil resistance?
 
None of the 3 flippers are working and they all move by hand. I cant imagine all 3 coils died at once.
 
My Bally game works fine except for the flippers. They do nothing. All fuses are Ok, as are the flipper EOS switches."
This is a very common problem. There is a relay on the solenoid driver board that turns on the flippers during a game. The power to this relay is through brown jumper wires between two header pins, adjacent to the relay. If one of the wires break, comes loose, or their solder points go cold, the flippers will no longer work. On the back side of the solenoid driver board, look for the two brown wires and resolder them to the connector header pins. From pinrepair site
 
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My Bally game works fine except for the flippers. They do nothing. All fuses are Ok, as are the flipper EOS switches."
This is a very common problem. There is a relay on the solenoid driver board that turns on the flippers during a game. The power to this relay is through brown jumper wires between two header pins, adjacent to the relay. If one of the wires break, comes loose, or their solder points go cold, the flippers will no longer work. On the back side of the solenoid driver board, look for the two brown wires and resolder them to the connector header pins. From pinrepair site
@pinman123 Dude, just wanted to say thank you. 13 years later and this post helped me out big time. Resoldered the leads to my relay on the solenoid driver board and all flipper and soleniod movement its 100%. Thank you so much.
 
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