ball returns

my ball returns have a seperate switch and power to turn on and off. how can i wire so that my sure piks turn on with machine? I have 8270's with auto scoring (steltronics. can i use recepticle that the pin deck lights are plugged into? any info would be helpful
thanks

[8270king]

Re: ball returns

You only need a wire to the AMC box jumped across the #2 & #3 terminal in the strip closest to the foulline in the Sure Pik control box.

Jerry

Re: ball returns

jerry, im new at this what/where is the amc box?

thanks again

bill

[Lampie]

Re: ball returns

Originally posted by bhaudi:
jerry, im new at this what/where is the amc box?

thanks again

bill

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">It's the black box(!) between the two machines at the front of your machines above the downsweep that you can't open without breaking you fingernails.

Martin

[BowlEquip]

Re: ball returns

Might be a gray NEMA box, and in installations where there was enough wire, it would be mounted on the curtain wall. It has cables going into one opening from the APPROACH, wires from the black junction box (MANAGERS CONTROL) into another, and two cables coming out, one to each pinspotter at their respective A&amp;MC plug. This plug is on the side of the front cross beam on older machines (A's, B's, ELCO's), and in the front of the machine near the ball exit side on later machines (C23 &amp; MP).

Re: ball returns

thanks for the descriptions,

i will need to look at tommorrow,

is there 110v in this box, to run sure pik?

[Rep]

Re: ball returns

Since ya got autoscoring there I'll describe it as ours looks. Little box on the curtain wall with wires all the heck over the place lol
If they're the same as ours should be close to the center of a pair on the curtain wall

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[TheGMan143]

Re: ball returns

It sounds like he might have a bit of a bigger job than that... I saw a house like that once. They removed all the control circuits, and hardwired the motor and blower to power, controlled by a set of switches (1 for each return). If that's the case, it's gonna be a bit of work.