Star Tech Journal

June 1997
BALLY ATTACK FROM MARS
STROBE ALERT
REVITALIZE
YOUR VIDEO!
With STAR*TECH
Journal's
Gary Phillips
Central Amusement
Seaside Heights, New Jersey
SUBJECT
vious that the trigger coil (T 1) fine
wire leads were broken.
Needed to drop a line to alert
techs about the Attack From Mars
pinball strobe light modification
we're doing now before it's too
late.
Frx
Sometimes this break occurs at
the PC board, other times at or
just inside the coil case itself,
which requires surgical-style cut-
ting (with a scalpel) of the plastic
case. Cut close to the wire stub
and then solder a new fine wire
extension replacement.
Increase your profits by
increasing the brillance
of your video monitors!
THE
PROBLEM
The strobe light is very impor-
tant for high coinage earning on
this game. When it fails, the cash
box suffers fast.
SAFE
&
EASY
INSTALLATION
F1Ts ALL
11"
TO
36"
MONITORS
FOREIGN
&
DOMESTIC
See page 20 for details
and order info!
T'SHOOTING
PM
Then for preventative reoccur-
ring maintenance, we use a sili-
cone seal to attach and shock
mount the coil directly to the PC
board. G'luck!
First inspection of the defective
strobe found 250 V de across the
strobe tube but no trigger cycling
voltage. After finding the high
voltage supply PC board (located
behind the playfield), it was ob-
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