LOTR magnet question

[Chris Bardon]

I was playing LOTR yesterday, and I ran into a problem with the ring magnet during DTR. The magnet would grab the first ball and hold it, but then the second ball, rather than hitting the first ball through would get stuck to the first one. It basically pushed the first ball through enough so that the second was suspended where the first ball was, but the first one was magnetized to it behind the ring. Then the game went into ball search, didn't release either ball from the ring, and finally kicked out a chase ball (ending DTR-dammit). Strange part was that when I tried to use ball 3 to knock out the stuck balls, IT stuck to the magnetized ones (on the outside this time) for a minute before all three finally shook free. I've had 2 balls stick in the ring before like that, and I can see how it'd happen, but is there anything that you can adjust to keep this from happening other than turning DTR down to one ball? Seems like this is just a case of the magnet working too well...

 

[luch]

you using balls that work with the magnet , there are balls designed for games with magnets that do not get magnitized themselves

 

[SquidVicious]

swap out the balls use PinLife's super shinny ones but note all metallic pinballs will get somewhat magnetized

 

[Vengeance]

It's just a timing issue, the magnet has to pulse to keep the ball in the ring, and if you happen to hit the other ball at the same time as when the magnet pulses the balls get magnetized together and neither ball makes it through.

I assume the third ball just didn't have enough force to push the other 2 through and got magnetized as well.

There isn't much you can do about it.

I was playing LOTR yesterday, and I ran into a problem with the ring magnet during DTR. The magnet would grab the first ball and hold it, but then the second ball, rather than hitting the first ball through would get stuck to the first one. It basically pushed the first ball through enough so that the second was suspended where the first ball was, but the first one was magnetized to it behind the ring. Then the game went into ball search, didn't release either ball from the ring, and finally kicked out a chase ball (ending DTR-dammit). Strange part was that when I tried to use ball 3 to knock out the stuck balls, IT stuck to the magnetized ones (on the outside this time) for a minute before all three finally shook free. I've had 2 balls stick in the ring before like that, and I can see how it'd happen, but is there anything that you can adjust to keep this from happening other than turning DTR down to one ball? Seems like this is just a case of the magnet working too well...

 

[Bigbossfan]

This could be a shot in the dark (cause I'm a newb!).....but do you have silverjets in the LOTR? I've been told not to put these in a pin that has magnets in it.

 

[Chris Bardon]

Nope, these are standard balls from pinball life, new when I got the machine last fall. Probably just a fluke thing, although it'd suck to have that happen in competition play. Just a good idea to have keys handy for that game to be able to dislodge balls in a case like this.

 

[DRANO]

This is probably why the 2-ball DTR is an option in the settings and not factory default.

 

[Chris Bardon]

Yeah, looking back at it I think it was the original default, but changed in later revisions. A great idea, but problematic implementation.

 

[BriansEpicFail]

This could be a shot in the dark (cause I'm a newb!).....but do you have silverjets in the LOTR? I've been told not to put these in a pin that has magnets in it.

Can confirm that Silverjet + LOTR magnet = bad news. Balls kept getting stuck together on the sword ramp and in the ball trough.