James Bond 007 lights

[teeebeee]

I have a James Bond 007 machine and the belly glass lights won't work. We have changed the bulb, switched the top circuit board with the bottom and that didn't help either. any suggestions on what the problem could be?

[alstonj1]

yeah follow the wiring back to a rectangular unit that has two wires going into it on one side and the wires from you bulb socket on the other thats the ballast for the fluorescent bulbs it could be 24 volt or 100 volt depending on the machine . most likely you have two of them on your door one for the top (reel lights) and one for the belly glass try swapping them around . also look to make sure you didn't knock one loose while changing bulbs .....

[teeebeee]

we switched the circuit boards around and that didn't help. I'll get my husband to try switching the ballasts around when he gets home tonight and see if that works. If that is the problem, can I buy this locally or do I have to order this online? Thanks in advance for your help.

[teeebeee]

oh yeah, I forgot to mention that we do have 2. one on the top and one on the bottom.

[alstonj1]

you can probably buy one from stealth or gaku its not a hard to get item since they use the same ballast in alot of machines.

[teeebeee]

My husband said that is what he changed. He switched the whole circuit board to the bottom and the light didn't work, he also switched the ballast from the top to the bottom and that didn't work either. The ballast is the white connector sockets that plug into the bulb...right?????? If so, that didn't work. Any other suggestions? Thanks

[alstonj1]

no the ballast is usually a silver box that the wires from those white bulb bases plug into will usually have an input voltage rating sticker on it .make sure you unplug the machine before handling the ballast especially a 100 volt one it is a dangerous component to play with live by a novis .