Mr. and Mrs. Pacman red ghost light - should always be on?

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Mr. and Mrs. Pacman red ghost light - should always be on?

I just got done replacing the scr's for the 5 lights that weren't working and now the only question mark I have is the red ghost to the left of the pac maze. It has a light which is always on. There is no message associated with this light so perhaps it is supposed to be always on? I watched some youtube videos (I'm looking at you, welove80s ;)) and I see I'm not the only one with that light always on.

However, I also saw a couple of videos with virtual pinball showing that light blinking on and off. Not to suggest VP is infallible, but for that reason it remains a question mark in my mind.

I can't find anything in the manual that makes mention of this, and that includes the schematics (can't find a signal coming from A5 for it).
 
I can't say for sure but I don't think that light is supposed to be on all the time. You could see if it's connected to the GI. If not, put the game in lamp test and if it flashes the SCR that drives it is working. If not you've got a problem. Most likely a shorted SCR. Remember that game also has an auxiliary lamp driver board so it could be driven by that. Wouldn't surprise me actually because it's close to the lamp maze and I think most of those are driven by the auxiliary lamp driver board (IIRC).
 
Always on I believe...

I have had my Mr & Mrs PacMan for over 10 years and that light always stays on, on mine. If it's not suppose to be, let me know what the fix is please.
Gary
 
I remember having a Mr and Mrs. Pac Man pinball, and I believe I had the same "issue". I recall that I looked into the issue, and came to the conclusion that the light is always on. It's been awhile, but this does sound very familar.
-Mark
 
Thanks guys! Good to know that for the first time I have everything working then! :) And it's happily running Lindsey's 5101 nvram adapter (happy customer plug).
 
I just picked one of these up and have been trying to get it going. That light stays lit on mine.
I have made some progress but still have a ways to go. Can't wait til it's fully operational.
 
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