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Everything works except the controlled (feature) lamps, which are all dark. The lamp supply reads about 19 V with its connector unplugged from the CPU board but only a fraction of a volt when plugged in.

All controlled lamps out, 18 V collapses under load: bad lamp fuse on replacement supply

Cause: The game had been fitted with a replacement power supply whose lamp-supply fuse (F4 on that supply) had failed. It measured fine with an ohmmeter but could not pass current.

Checks

  • Measure the lamp supply voltage with the CPU connector plugged in, under load, not just unplugged.
  • Check voltage on both sides of each lamp fuse while the game runs; a big drop across a fuse means it is bad even if it reads OK on resistance.
  • If the supply has been swapped for another make's board, check which fuse feeds the lamps on that board.

Fix

  • Replace the lamp fuse with the value and type the schematic calls for.

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