Re: Yet another resetting question

Same fused circuit, different fused circuit, doesn't matter.

For the sake of this post, I was hoping to ignore house-power issues,
obviously that is a contributing factor here, but since two of the four
pins at that location never reset, I'd like to focus on the differences
between the pins that are robust enough to never reset at all (TZ and
IJ) and the pins that are not robust and reset at the drop of a hat
(WH2O and WCS94) when they are at that location with the flakey power
(but have never reset at my location where the power is apparently not
an issue). Is there a common denominator that would explain the
difference? For example, the transformers in the TZ and IJ are
different because they are wide body games and expected to be power
hogs (I think not), the WPC watchdog circuit is capable of variability
in its 5-volt reset trigger (I suspect the components in that circuit
are dead on exact in most cases). You get the picture. Can I expect
to be able to find a culprit in each of the two pins that don't cut the
mustard in low-power situations, a task that is most difficult to to
troubleshoot in an off-site location. (Maybe use a variable
transformer and slowly adjust the voltage down to determine at which
voltage all the different WPC games I have will reset, then work to
find what factor was the weak link?)

Thanks,

adi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> That is my guess too. Is one that is resetting on the same circuit as a
> power hog such as AC unit, a fridge, big freezer or something of that
> nature... Resets are VERY common in the summer, as the whole
> neighborhood that the house shares a grid with is cranking up those
> ACs, and the power consumption increases.
>
> The clear greatest champion of the world, the Muhammas Ali of pinballs
> is Twilight Zone. Whitewater gerts mentioned there too, somewhat less
> frequently, and a few others. The rest of them seem much more forgiving
> and tolerant to power dips.
>
> Best of luck.
>
> Adi
> www.txpinball.com

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