Uploaded July 2021 | Updated September 2026, 5 days ago

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On many pinball machines like early solid state Bally and Stern games, you'll often see little capacitors on most of the playfield switches. Sometimes they're there but a leg is cut off. Why are they there? What do they do? And are they important? We'll talk about that.



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