Hi,
First post.....Got a Bally Paragon, after a long search, and am restoring it. It powers up, 7 led flashes, self test perfect, no stuck switches, but only the knocker and the Q15 (I think its the flippers relay?) fire. The displays work and all switches cause scoring, but none of the coils/ solonoids fire. TP 5 on the rectifier board shows 43vdc at startup, and even the coils show 43 vdc, I have tried grounding them, and they do not fire....They then seem to show less then 10vdc....I installed a new solonoid board (Alltek), and it is showing everything working...In self test, a corresponding light on the Alltek lights when the appropriate solonoid is supposed to be fireing....I think they simply just arent getting the neccesary 43 vdc...Is this correct? I ordered a new rectifier board, but wifey says thats it for now, so Im hoping that works...Any suggestions would be appreciated.
The playfield is nearly perfect, backglass ok, was a H.U.O.
I got new:
Plastics, drop targets, bumper caps, rubber kit, ball, Alltek solonoid board, New sound board.
I have ordered a new rectifier board and a new connector kit for the plugs on the rectifier..
I have been reading on here about "reflowing solder"....I was going to try this tonight on the original rectifier board, if I mess it up, a new ones in the mail!!! I understand I should remove it, flip it over, but Im a little confused at that point. Do I simply put the iron on the connection points and "re liquify" the solder, or do I add new solder?
Thanks for any help
First post.....Got a Bally Paragon, after a long search, and am restoring it. It powers up, 7 led flashes, self test perfect, no stuck switches, but only the knocker and the Q15 (I think its the flippers relay?) fire. The displays work and all switches cause scoring, but none of the coils/ solonoids fire. TP 5 on the rectifier board shows 43vdc at startup, and even the coils show 43 vdc, I have tried grounding them, and they do not fire....They then seem to show less then 10vdc....I installed a new solonoid board (Alltek), and it is showing everything working...In self test, a corresponding light on the Alltek lights when the appropriate solonoid is supposed to be fireing....I think they simply just arent getting the neccesary 43 vdc...Is this correct? I ordered a new rectifier board, but wifey says thats it for now, so Im hoping that works...Any suggestions would be appreciated.
The playfield is nearly perfect, backglass ok, was a H.U.O.
I got new:
Plastics, drop targets, bumper caps, rubber kit, ball, Alltek solonoid board, New sound board.
I have ordered a new rectifier board and a new connector kit for the plugs on the rectifier..
I have been reading on here about "reflowing solder"....I was going to try this tonight on the original rectifier board, if I mess it up, a new ones in the mail!!! I understand I should remove it, flip it over, but Im a little confused at that point. Do I simply put the iron on the connection points and "re liquify" the solder, or do I add new solder?
Thanks for any help
