Will not power up

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Trying to help someone locally and they don't seem very tech inclined so I didn't bother to send them here.
Its a lady luck SS(http://www.ipdb.org/machine.cgi?gid=1402) and it will not power up. This is what they told me:
"It is a Lady Luck pinball machine manufactured by Flipper for Bally Midway. It has a digital score board. Other than that, there is not much more detail on the outside of the box.

The problem is that when it is plugged in, it does not receive any power. I am not an electrician, so I have not opened up the machine. Not sure of how they work inside."

What could be a possible problem? A fuse blown? Bad power supply?
 
Trying to help someone locally and they don't seem very tech inclined so I didn't bother to send them here.
Its a lady luck SS(http://www.ipdb.org/machine.cgi?gid=1402) and it will not power up. This is what they told me:
"It is a Lady Luck pinball machine manufactured by Flipper for Bally Midway. It has a digital score board. Other than that, there is not much more detail on the outside of the box.

The problem is that when it is plugged in, it does not receive any power. I am not an electrician, so I have not opened up the machine. Not sure of how they work inside."

What could be a possible problem? A fuse blown? Bad power supply?

Could be a blown fuse but I would also suspect a bad power cord.

The fist step is to check the fuses and start metering stuff. Unfortunately they'll probably be stumped at the "metering stuff" step.
 
They do know that there's a power switch, right? Some people think you just plug them in and they come to life...

I know that sounds stupid, but mention it.
 
Could be a blown fuse but I would also suspect a bad power cord.

The fist step is to check the fuses and start metering stuff. Unfortunately they'll probably be stumped at the "metering stuff" step.

Hmm your right on that. I know enough to help them about basic problems but nothing major such as cpu problems etc. They want me to come to their place to check it out regardless so I'll see what I can find if I do go there. I doubt they'd have the keys so the lock would need to be drilled out, is there anything different about drilling a pin's lock? Any I've had a look into have had their keys with them. And wow, yeah it might be a switch.... They don't know anything about it. They had it in their basement from when their grandfather bought it and apparently it didn't work then and he got it at a good price because of that.
 
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I hope somebody removed the battery (yeah, right).

Could also be a blown varistor (if Bally was still using varistors at they point....that was the era of Bally being cheap-asses).

Edward
 
I hope somebody removed the battery (yeah, right).

Could also be a blown varistor (if Bally was still using varistors at they point....that was the era of Bally being cheap-asses).

Edward

I doubt it, he doesn't even know how to open it I believe.
 
When I sold my last pin, the people called and told me it wouldn't turn on. Guess what the problem was? :D

I'll bet they felt stupid haha. But I guess it's not really common sense, I mean you just see them at the arcade, most people have never seen one at there home where they can figure out that there is switches and etc. Still would be pretty funny to get a call like that though :p.
 
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