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None of the general illumination lights. All power supply fuses are good, the test points are right, and the GI wiring reads about 7 V AC at every point, meaning the circuit isn't being completed.

No GI at all: failed Q14 SCR on the main lamp driver board

Cause: Centaur's GI is switched for effects through a GI relay/triac controlled from the lamp boards. Here the controlling SCR, Q14 on the main lamp driver board, had failed.

Checks

  • Bench test the triac on the rectifier board plate with a meter (it tested fine here and members say it rarely fails).
  • Check the bulb mounted next to the auxiliary lamp board: it has to light for that circuit to work.
  • Swap in a known-good main lamp driver board (another Bally game using the same board will do).

Fix

  • Replace Q14 on the main lamp driver board with a new SCR (the poster used a 5064).

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Source: Pinball Repair help group!! (Facebook group)