Manual ball-load games: ball release switch blocks a new game

On manual ball-load Gottliebs the ball release hold mechanism carries a switch that opens while the ball release coil is energized. Until that coil drops out (when the first points are scored) a new game can't be started. A ball release coil that never drops out will therefore stop the game starting.

Systems

• Electro-mechanical

Related tips

• Trough switch versus outhole switch
• Ball never ejected from the outhole at game start: dirty score motor switch

Source: Repairing Electro-Mechanical (EM) Coin Operated Games to 1978, Part Two, Clay Harrell (pinrepair.com)