Playfield coil chart: resistance and use
Common playfield coils: A-1496 2.95 ohm (kicking targets, slingshots, pop bumpers); A-4893 2.1 ohm (up kicker, pop bumpers, ball kicker); A-5194 4.5 ohm (up kicker, gong, kicking targets, pop bumpers); A-5195 11.6 ohm (contact kicker, knocker, hole kicker); A-16570 15.5 ohm (hole kicker, outhole); A-17891 3.35 ohm (5-bank drop target reset); A-18318 6.7 ohm (4-bank reset); A-18102 9.0 ohm (3-bank reset, two on a 7-bank); A-19300 7.8 ohm (ball kicker); A-21741 2.5 ohm (up kicker).
Systems
Related tips
- Check every coil's resistance before first power-up
- House-numbered coils need the chart, not the number
- Test an under-playfield 2N5875/2N5879 coil transistor
- Coils lock on from a bad playfield ground plug pin
- Under-playfield pop bumper driver boards protect the coils
- Coil sleeves by mechanism
- Which coil lug the power wire goes on
- Replacements for the under-playfield 2N5875
Source: Premier Technology Parts Catalog (System 80, 80A and 80B), Gottlieb / Premier