New Life Games LLC
Welcome, Guest. Please login or register.
Did you miss your activation email?

Login with username, password and session length

News:

Welcome to the NewLifeGames.com message forum! 

 


NLG Site Navigation Menu


Archives of old posts can be found at...... Newlifegames.net/nlg/

Author Topic: I-Game Light Burnout and stink  (Read 1463 times)

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

Offline Tilt

  • Topic Moderator
  • NLG Member 501 to 10,000 Posts
  • *
  • Posts: 4398
  • Reputation Power: 384
  • Tilt Is an-NLG GOD!Tilt Is an-NLG GOD!Tilt Is an-NLG GOD!Tilt Is an-NLG GOD!Tilt Is an-NLG GOD!Tilt Is an-NLG GOD!Tilt Is an-NLG GOD!Tilt Is an-NLG GOD!Tilt Is an-NLG GOD!Tilt Is an-NLG GOD!Tilt Is an-NLG GOD!Tilt Is an-NLG GOD!
  • Gender: Male
I-Game Light Burnout and stink
« on: February 15, 2014, 03:53:59 PM »
This could be a generic slot question,however it occured in my I game.   I got home from work and the whole house smelled of fried electronics. For those who know what I'm talking about it's a very distinctive smell.  Anyway i went into the basement and tracked it down to my i-game.  The top box light burned out and stunk to high heaven.
It's the round type bulb.

Has this happened to anyone?  shouldn't the bulb just go out and not release toxic stink?

jdkmunch

« Reply #1 on: December 17, 2010, 08:06:02 PM »


Did the bulb break? If not, I'd look for circuit board or PS damage.

StatFreak

« Reply #2 on: December 17, 2010, 08:08:08 PM »


No break - it's black though.   The game is on and works fine. I think the ballast burned out or something.

jdkmunch

« Reply #2 on: December 17, 2010, 08:08:08 PM »


No break - it's black though.   The game is on and works fine. I think the ballast burned out or something.

FORDSBS

« Reply #4 on: December 17, 2010, 08:19:20 PM »


yep probably the ballast.. if you would have been there to see it you would have still been picking yourself up off the floor. They tend to cause lots of flashing, smoke and sizzles. Had a belly light on a few weeks ago, left the machine open for 4 days and still smell it inside, although it did look cool with the reels spinning and cabinet full of smoke.

Brianzz

« Reply #9 on: December 18, 2010, 05:03:29 AM »


Any risk of fire??  This makes me nervous.

jdkmunch

« Reply #10 on: December 18, 2010, 06:10:40 AM »


There's some risk of fire, since the ballast wiring is actually burning, but minimal. I never leave my machines on when I'm not home.. it's easier to hear a smoke detector from the living room than from across town.

Brianzz
 
« Reply #11 on: December 18, 2010, 06:19:50 AM »


That's exactly what I'm worried about...  I usually leave my machines on for a week or two then off for a week.  Depending on my schedule and how often I can play them.     I feel turning the I-Game on and off every day would stress the components.   But if these things can flame out then I may think differently. 
 jdkmunch
« Reply #12 on: December 18, 2010, 06:42:27 AM »



Munch
 You can disconnect just the top the ballast of your IGame. Behind the bulb mounted on the left side of the metal bracket you can see the ballast (rectangular box with two wires coming out of it) If you follow the two wires coming out of it you will find the connector about halfway between the ballast and the power distribution box. Cant remember the colors and Im at work so I cant look but the connector is easy to find.
The threat of the ballast bursting into flames is pretty low, but I would definitely disconnect it. 26 years in the F.D.  I ran alot of calls for burning smell that turned out to be a light ballast. Not a big problem other than the smell.

cruisepl

« Reply #13 on: December 18, 2010, 07:09:15 AM »


Thanks!  I traced it out and it's definitely the ballast.   I have it disconnected now I going to try to find a replacement.

jdkmunch
 
 
 
 
 

 

Cell Phone and Pad Mode

imode wap wap2

NLG Archives

Archives @ newlifegames.net Wayback Machine

Contact Us

NLG Shop 928 754-4147 Email Us 1788 Highway 95 30 BHC City AZ 86442
If you find this site helpful, please consider becoming a Contributing NLG Member with a monthly subscription to help cover the cost of pizza, coffee, aspirin, hosting, and bandwidth.
Contributing Members: get unlimited personal messages, can save topics and replies as drafts,
can post to the Classified ads, get unlimited access to the downloads, and also get this minty badge:



**Subscription Link** (Click Here) **Subscription Link**



           
If you would rather remain anonymous Thank You or just want to help support the site, please use this "make a donation" button:




From your entire NLG staff, thank you for supporting NLG.


New Life Games LLC 1788 HIGHWAY 95 UNIT 30 BULLHEAD CITY AZ 86442




Newlifegames.com     Newlifegames.net     Newlifegames.org

Newlifegame.com     Newlifegame.net     Newlifegame.org    Newlifegames.us

   New Life Games     NewLifeGames  NLG

 We Bring new Life to old Games    1-888-NLG-SLOTS

Are all Copyright and Trademarks of New Life Games LLC 1992 - 2022


FAIR USE NOTICE:



This site contains copyrighted material the use of which has not always been specifically authorized by the copyright owner.
We make such material available in an effort to advance awareness and understanding of the issues involved.
We believe this constitutes a fair use of any such copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the US Copyright Law.
In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, the material on this site is distributed without profit to those
who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for research and educational purposes.

For more information please visit: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml
If you wish to use copyrighted material from this site for purposes of your own that go beyond fair use,
you must obtain permission directly from the copyright owner.




The NewLifeGames.com website is optimized for use with Firefox and a minimum screen resolution of 1600 x 900 pixels.

SimplePortal 2.3.5 © 2008-2012, SimplePortal