The held flipper chatters.
Flipper flutters when held (Playboy, Monday Night Football)
Cause: The normally closed EOS switch is faulty, or the 1N5404 hold diode on the coil has failed.
Checks
- Check the EOS switch action and contacts.
- Test the 1N5404.
Fix
- Repair the EOS switch or replace the diode.
Systems
Games
Related tips
- Deger single-winding flippers on Playboy and Monday Night Football
- Single-winding "Deger" flippers on Playboy and Monday Night Football
- Flipper stuck up with power on (Playboy and later)
- Flipper coils 090-5020-02 and 090-5020-20
- Checking a pre-solid-state flipper coil
- Pre-solid-state flipper keeps blowing its fuse
- Monday Night Football and earlier: the doubled flipper EOS switch
- Monday Night Football: CPU and display EPROM types and latest versions
Source: Repairing DataEast 1987 (Laser War) to Sega 1995 (Batman Forever), Part Two, Clay Harrell (pinrepair.com)