Silver ball mania solenoids dead

TonyH

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I have a silver ball mania that all of the solenoids are dead. I have checked all the power going into and out of the power supply appears good. Checked the connectors and headers on the driver board. If I ground out the transistors on the driver board only the knocker and the small relay in the head do anything. None of the other do anything. Game boots plays if I kick out the ball and scores flippers work but nothing else. On I believe J 1 I have 3 wires which 2 have around 50 volts. The grey 1 has nothing and doesn't show voltage between the others and itself as if it's a ground. Thanks for any help. Tony
 
Check your under playfield fuse(s). Ballys of this era will have one or two fuses near the flippers that protect all the solenoids down there, except the flippers.

The relay that engages on your driver board is for enabling the power to the flippers, so it makes sense that is still working properly.
 
Check your under playfield fuse(s). Ballys of this era will have one or two fuses near the flippers that protect all the solenoids down there, except the flippers.

The relay that engages on your driver board is for enabling the power to the flippers, so it makes sense that is still working properly.

Thanks I was looking for big stuff and missed the super easy fix. Those fuses didn't even cross my mind.
 
There is a 1 amp slo-blo fuse located on the underside of the playfield next to the right flipper assembly. The fuse is probably blown or else the fuseclips in the fuseholder are cracked.
 
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