Repair a loose playfield lamp socket
Steps
- Sand the bulb tube and its mounting bracket with 220 grit paper.
- Solder the tube to the bracket so they become one piece (add rosin flux if the solder will not take).
- Sand the centre contact tab and move the supply wire directly onto it.
- With fewer loose joints the socket should last indefinitely.
Systems
Related tips
- 6 V lamp fuse keeps blowing
- Change pop bumper lamp sockets from wedge to #47 bayonet
- Playfield lamp fuse blows when one pop bumper fires: lamp socket shorting
- Lamp types found in EM games
- Gottlieb: lamps dim noticeably each time a coil fires
- Lamp flickers or is out with a good bulb
Source: Repairing Electro-Mechanical (EM) Coin Operated Games to 1978, Part One, Clay Harrell (pinrepair.com)