Too many blow G.I. bulbs

arakisssun

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I bought Black Rose pinball,but when I turn it on only G.I. bulbs that works were these on the slighsots,all other are blow.I checked the fuses for G.I. but they are ok.Could have some raeson to blow these bulbs(to check something else) or they were just blow and not chaged.Pinball is very dirty and not used from years.
Bulbs that are for underfield working on 100% only one or two were blow.
I ask these because it's very strange situation that 98% of the bulbs from G.I. to be blow
 
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If the fuse is good replace the bulbs and see what holds. The other issue could be someone put 6v bulbs in 12v sockets. or what ever voltages you are running there. A 6v bulb will fry quick ina 12v socket and not blow the fuse. REplace with the correct bulbs and see what happens.
 
I have had heavily routed pins in the past with 99% of the bulbs burnt out, just replacing them was all that was needed.
Have you tried just changing a couple to see if that is the case?

Otherwise I'd think it was a fuse or burnt connector in the backbox...
 
If you find a game with all or most of the lamps on a string burnt out (like G.I. for example) it can mean that someone shorted a higher voltage to that lamp circuit. Like the solenoid voltage for example. I've seen that kind of stuff happen many times. If bulbs blow from being old they'll almost always darken internally before blowing. The glass will be that dark silverish color. It should be easy to tell if a lamp was blown due to age or over voltage by looking at it. Most times anyway.
 
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