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weaker / lower-power winding for "holding" the coil in the active
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image:: /mechs/images/dual_coil_no_diode.jpg
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![image](../images/dual_coil_no_diode.jpg)
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Dual-wound coils are typically used for flippers, diverters, gates, and
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other devices in pinball machines that need a strong initial movement
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and then you can use that dual-wound coil anywhere in MPF that a coil is
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Flipper configuration supports dual-wound coils inherently - you do not
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need to define a dual-wound coil if you are only going to use it with a flipper.
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Instead, see: [How to configure dual-wound flippers](../flippers/dual_wound.md)
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## Hardware
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Dual wound coils are like two coils in one but instead of two times two
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terminals they only have three terminals. Both coils share one of those
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terminals. Unfortunately, this is not standardized and different for
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different types of coils.
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Dual wound coils are like two coils in one, but instead of having two
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pairs of terminals (so four leads), the coil will have three. Both separate
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coil windings in the dual-wound coil share one of the three terminals.
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Due to the wide variety of designs across manufacturers and eras, there is no
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single standard for the arrangement and connection of the terminals.
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To make sure you connect things right you need a multimeter and measure
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the resistance between all three terminals. It might be wise to remove
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all free-fly diodes while measuring (or at least make sure to measure
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To make sure you connect things correctly you need to use a multimeter
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to measure the resistance between each pair of the three terminals.
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It might be wise to remove all free-fly diodes while measuring (or at least make sure to measure
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the inverse direction). You are looking for the main coil with low
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resistance (2-20 Ohm) and one with higher resistance (50 to 200 Ohm).
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You can look up the expected resistance in one of the linked charts in

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