Star Tech Journal

Issue: 1992-April - Vol 14 Issue 2

April 1992
STAR*TECH Journal
Randy Terry
Alpine Amusement
Connersville
Indiana
Williams/Bally General Illumination
Two Step Modification
SUBJECT
Have you ever had to replace a
plug on a Williams/Bally general
illumination circuit becaus.e it
was burnt?
Well as soon as you stop laughing
and compose yourself we'll go on.
SOLUTION
I've been using this procedure for
a couple of years now and it seems
to be holding up pretty well for
me.
NOTE
This particular modification is
for the newer Williams/Bally
pins using the backbox intercon-
nect board part #'s D-12313-576
(Williams) and D-12313-2011
(Bally); different #'s, same board.
PARTS NEEDED
• 9 pin female molex
connector
• 8 molex "crimp"
style terminals
(Wico #21-582500)
• 40" zip cord (18
gauge)
• heat shrink tubing
OVERVIEW
Rather than a
single wire jumped
across two pins, the
zip cord will dissi-
pate the heat
much like a heat
sink saving you ser-
vice c alls and
fuses. With every-
thing assembled,
this mod takes
about 10 minutes
tops. Since I started
using this mod, I've
had no more burnt
plugs!
PROCEDURE
Step 1
Cut zip cord into 4 - 10"
sections, solder 8 termi-
nals on one end and in-
sert into female plug
leaving pin #5 open for
key. Strip, twist together
and tin each of the four
sections of zip. Slide heat
shrink over zip.
Step2
Remove J6 from B.I.
Board. Note wiring and
cut wires 2" from burnt
plug. Solder wires to new
plug prepared in Step 1
and cover joints with
shrink tubing. Attach
two wire ties and your
done. Reattach J6.
NOTE
When performing this mod, I re- ~·
moveB.I. Boardandresolder and
clean J6. If pins don't clean to a
shiny finish I replace it.

April 1992
Gottlieb/
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Catastrophic
Failures
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PROBLEM
,-,,, But the point I'm making here is
that in all four cases I was able to
replace one IC on the control
board, get the machine to power
up and go to work from there.
MONITOR UPDATES
All monitor articles
Over the last year or so I've ran
across four Gottlieb pins that
wouldn't power up, two of which
were damaged in electrical
storms (lightening ... the techni-
cians most dreaded word).
Anyway, once you get them to
power up, you'll usually find a few
fried IC's and/or transistors on
the control board.
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video monitor Symp-
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SOLUTION
The culprit was always U4
(R6532P Priot) in the switch ma-
trix circuit.
toms and Fixes in
each. These tips pre-
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PROBLEM
Solenoid B+ (34vdc) low
23.7vdc).
Update your techni-
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~SOLUTION
Check for cold solder joint at or
replace C5 (l00u @ 100v) on
power supply (D-8345-1914).
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