[FSPA] strange shock from unplugged pinball

[Steve Peck]

so that revealed another odd thing - with the coin door open i can flip as
much as i want. Could there be a short? or do i need to test the coin door
interlock switch? (i think that's what it's called?)

On Mon, Aug 13, 2018 at 4:41 PM, Dan Reynolds via FSPA <fspa at fspazone.org>
wrote:

> i believe you can discharge the coils while the game is on, by opening the
> coin door (to disable the high voltage circuit) and then flipping the
> flippers once or twice to drain the capacitors.  i'm pretty sure i've done
> this on either WOZ or STTNG.
>
> On Mon, Aug 13, 2018 at 10:54 AM, The Bob via FSPA <fspa at fspazone.org>
> wrote:
>
>> If you discharge those caps into your body enough times eventually
>> they'll stop. :)
>>
>> On Sun, Aug 12, 2018 at 4:31 PM, Roy via FSPA <fspa at fspazone.org> wrote:
>>
>>> 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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