Hi.

My AFM was working absolutely fine for a year (no electronic problems at all), until I plugged it into a socket controlled by a switch with a fader (I think it's a Lutron Diva). It still worked fine, until today. The light switch w/fader controls a pair of wall lights and a pair of outlets (you turn on the lights and adjust their brightness with the fader). Yesterday, when the fader was set low, my AFM did not come on. Then, I moved the fader up, and the machine came on. I assume I sent variable/increasing current through the machine. I switch the light off at night (I don't flip the machine's power switch off). Today, when I turned on the lights (fader all the way up) my AFM did not turn on. I have tried plugging the machine into a different socket. No luck.

Thanks.

Thanks. The power cord is snug. I'll check the fuse. I've never replaced a fuse at any point in my life. This will be a first. If NYC goes dark, you'll know why.

Thanks. I hope to tackle this issue, this coming week.

The machine was working a-ok, until it met the dimmer. I moved it from one part of my condo to another. I always forget that those two outlets are controlled by the wall switch.

My condo has dimmers on most of the switches. in lower Manhattan, every new condo is supposed to look like an art gallery (I can see three art galleries from my balcony). That's the general aesthetic. Therefore, your comment doesn't surprise me. My hall light has been flickering a lot. It too is on a dimmer. Maybe I'll replace the switches. The unit was built in 2010, but, until I bought it in 2022, it had been used only as a pied-a-terre. I don't think the previous owners stayed in it that much. I'm the first primary resident.

The machine was working a-ok, until it met the dimmer. I moved it from one part of my condo to another. I always forget that those two outlets are controlled by the wall switch.

My condo has dimmers on most of the switches. In Manhattan, every new condo is supposed to look like an art gallery (I can see three art galleries from my balcony). That's the general aesthetic. Therefore, your comment doesn't surprise me. My hall light has been flickering a lot. It too is on a dimmer. Maybe I'll replace the switches. The unit was built in 2010, but, until I bought it in 2023, it had been used only as a pied-a-terre. I don't think the previous owners stayed in it that much. I'm the first full-time resident.

Hello, again.

I plugged a power strip into the black power cable coming out of the metal box above the on/off switch. I plugged a table lamp into the power strip. The lamp turned on. Does that mean the fuse is ok? Where does that leave me? I assume I have to look upstream for the problem. One interesting thing: When I i flip the power switch on the machine off, the lamp remains on. I can turn the switch on and off yet the lamp doesn't turn off. Update: I plugged the ac adapter into an outlet. The green light on the adapter lit up, but nothing happened with the machine. So, the adapter works. This is the ac adapter that was plugged into the black power cable that is plugged into the power box (above the on/off switch).

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Hi. I just now tried that. See below. It looks like the fuse/power box is ok. I plugged a lamp into it, and lamp turns on.

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Hi. I finally did this (as you suggested) The results are detailed below (power pathway seems fine, but the machine isn't turning on).

Meter? You're talking about tools. I know Tool the band. Tools are an entirely new world for me. I have a screwdriver, a pair of pliers, and a hammer. Nobody said playing pinball would require tools. But I'll try. More updates soon. Thanks.

I finally removed the fuse. It looks blown (no wire and a small brown splotch). I ordered more. Strangely, even with the fuse removed, I can plug a lamp into the outlet in the powerbox above the on/off switch. The absence of any fuse doesn't prevent electricity from passing from the wall outlet through the machine to the lamp.

That explains a lot.

I'm still waiting for the fuses to arrive.

Oops. I ordered the wrong size fuse. Who knew that fuses come in different sizes?

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I just ordered fuses for Williams/Bally games from 1991-1995. I don't know electronics. I used to be an English professor. I did a PhD in 17thC English (Brandeis University). I didn't get an degree in electronics. In 2022, I inherited wealth.

I am not fake. I can provide any proof that you request. I keep getting banned from websites for being fake, but I am not fake. I got banned from Hinge, Tinder, and Bumble for saying I have a PhD and inherited money. But both are true. This is me. 0-21 (resized).jpg

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The new fuse worked! but now the machine keeps tilting. It tilts, almost immediately after sending a ball into play. I barely even touch the machine. pinball ownership is a labor of love.

Maybe the machine isn't tilting. it's just thinking about Chuck Norris.

I'm not liar. I just don't want to get banned, because I need to ask repair questions. I don't care whether you like me. We will never meet. I just want to have access to Pinside to buy machines, buy mods, and ask repair questions.

Anyhow, I attended private school with UHNW kids. Everyone I know is rich. As for the education thing, my dad attended Yale, Columbia, and Harvard. Therefore, my own academic pedigree is shit, by comparison. Most of my friends went to Harvard, Yale, or Brown. I'm the dumb one.

I posted that stuff, because I was afraid I was about to be banned for being fake. I asked an innocent question about a pinball machine, and someone started to imply that I'm a fake account.

I'm straight. I'm trying to meet women who resemble Syndey Sweeney or Imogen Poots. I live in TriBeca. Some of my neighbors look a bit like that, but they're all in live--in relationships. There are very few single women, west of Broadway in Manhattan. I see a lot of single women in Two Bridges and the EV.