[FSPA] strange shock from unplugged pinball

Roy rdejarnette at verizon.net
Sun Aug 12 16:31:05 EDT 2018


I believe the coils in Whitewater run on 20 to 80 volts. The power 
supply will store that voltage in capacitors and it will be present at 
the coil terminals for a time after the game is powered off. It should 
bleed off after a while.

On 8/12/2018 3:13 PM, Steve Peck via FSPA wrote:
> Hi guys,
>
> I'm working on a whitewater and even though the game is turned off and 
> unplugged i'm taking some pretty legit shocks while changing bulbs 
> near a coil.
>
> is this normal? if so is there a step i should be taking to discharge 
> the game after turning off/unplugging? if it's not normal, what should 
> i look at?
>
> thanks,
> Steve
>
>
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