Top lane(?) switches

[Derezz]

Hi guys,

Need to adjust one of the pictured microswitches on one of my pins - the ball rolls over the wire and just doesn't quite activate the switch, it needs to go down just a little further. I guess I need to bend the switch wire? Noob question perhaps but I've never done it before! Is there a correct way to do this?

thanks in advance!

 

[new forest pinball]

Hi yes ...do as cool dan says... Did not notice microswitches ....should of read it properly...

 

[Derezz]

Great, thanks for the help, didn't want to bugger anything up

 

[cooldan]

If you take a look at the switch itself you will see a little black box with a metal hinged arm (the actuator). The arm bit then goes into a semicircle for these rollover switches.

You have at least three options - start by just bending the wire semicircle so it sticks out above the playfield more - not too much though - so that a ball makes it physically close onto the black box where you can see a little button that gets pushed (hopefully with an audible click).

Second most complex is to take a tiny Phillips screwdriver like a watchmaker's one and loosen the two screws holding that little black box in place. You should be able to rotate the box by a few degrees, a few millimetres, to improve your closure, before re-tightening them.

Most complex is to remove the switch and take the actuator arm off and move it to the alternative hinge point on the black box.

Most microswitches also have a diode on - check it hasn't disconnected. If the switch doesn't work in switch test then check this diode and also that a wire hasn't come off the switch.

Switches also go bad and sometimes need to be replaced.

 

[RudeDogg1]

Hi yes ...first check the switch contacts are clean...they could just be dirty. Clean them with a bit of card...(like a business card) push the switch contacts together with the card sandwiched in between and move it up and down removing the dirt. Do not use abrasive paper. Second mimick ball travel over the switch with your finger and observe any gap between the switch contacts and adjust accordingly........

That's for a leaf switch these are micro switches

 

[RudeDogg1]

If you take a look at the switch itself you will see a little black box with a metal hinged arm (the actuator). The arm bit then goes into a semicircle for these rollover switches.

You have at least three options - start by just bending the wire semicircle so it sticks out above the playfield more - not too much though - so that a ball makes it physically close onto the black box where you can see a little button that gets pushed (hopefully with an audible click).

Second most complex is to take a tiny Phillips screwdriver like a watchmaker's one and loosen the two screws holding that little black box in place. You should be able to rotate the box by a few degrees, a few millimetres, to improve your closure, before re-tightening them.

Most complex is to remove the switch and take the actuator arm off and move it to the alternative hinge point on the black box.

Most microswitches also have a diode on - check it hasn't disconnected. If the switch doesn't work in switch test then check this diode and also that a wire hasn't come off the switch.

Switches also go bad and sometimes need to be replaced.

This is the correct way

 

[DRD]

Many happy hours playing phantom of the opera back in the day

 

[Derezz]

Thanks for the help chapz

 

[J.C.Rox]

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