Bally 1090-1 Inconsistent Payouts

[wolftalk]

yup, david is right.

the zero switch in front of the spiral cam is one of two switches in series.   The orange/black wire goes off the hopper to the reel mech where it goes to:

- reel mech B-1 switch, which is used to make a pulse to reset the win meter
- reel mech B-3 switch, makes a pulse onto the black/white 85-1 wire that goes back to the payout counter reset coil on the hopper

you need a pulse generated by a brief switch closure so the reset coils aren't held powered.  Unless the machine has a motor with cams, the only place to get momentary switch closures every spin are switches getting moved by the mechanical parts of the reel spin mechanism after the reel kick. 

even the handle is no good since people can partially pull or hold it down.  Gets kinda expensive if the player could burn up coils whenever they lost :-)

[GottliebBob]

David and Wolf,

Thanks for your replies and the solution.

I should have been able to figure this one out.  I didn't make mention of this in my previous post but besides getting the payouts working after cleaning the open at zero switch on the Payout Counter, the win meter started working correctly.  Prior to my fix it was never resetting....was showing cumulative wins.

Ah, when you pay attention and think things usually make sense!

This thread can be consider closed.  I appreciate all your help.

[DavidLee]

Good to hear the machine is running properly.