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General NLG Chat => Show off your Home Game Room => Topic started by: RiseLikeRa on November 02, 2015, 02:32:02 PM
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This is a shot of 1/2 of my game room thanks to the the grace of God and help of so many great folks on this list.
Ra
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Very nice! :applause:
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That means a lot from a well respected member like yourself. It gives me a great deal of joy to see the elders in my family having fun in the game room playing games from their past. I have to admit that dropping a hand full of coins in the slots after a stressful day does wonders for me also.
Stay well
Ra
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Nothing better than coin-in/out. :agreepost:
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A paper print out is no substitute for the coins in the tray, dirty hands, and filling up your cup. Its a shame that those days are over in the casinos. At least they live on in NLG world.
Ra
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Definitely miss the coin in coin out days. When you hit a jackpot everyone new it!
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I have to have coin in/out on my BB1, S2000, and I-game. Helps keep the old days alive.
Jason
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I have three of my machines set at coin in/out. I love them, but the coin buckets have to be replaced occasionally. They are still so much fun to play. I set the hopper limit so they won't pay out 4000. But just enough to start the next round. Glad others miss the old days too. :cool_thumb_up:
Dave
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Nice work on displaying your slot machine collection. Do you keep the machines powered up all the time or only when playing?
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Jealous. That room of yours would get me going.
I would love to have some more modern machines in my game room (stuck with E2000 Bally relics and late 70's Jennings) because of brainless laws on the books for Colorado - I can't possess any slot newer than [big]1984[/big]. Exactly why they picked 1984 remains a mystery.
Dumb. Just dumb. No, beyond dumb.
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Mine is 1950. :banghead:
Dave
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^^ That. Is sick. What sort of moron put that into law? And why?
Ah yes I know. Probably scared to death of those EVIL slot machines.
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Bible belt BS. :yes:
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Sorry for the delayed response about keeping the games on or turning them off. In short I turn the machines off when not in use. I do make sure that I pass a hand full of coins through all of my games at least weekly. Early on in my collecting life I was told that the machines had to remain on. Perhaps by someone on the old archived NLG. When I got tired of replacing #47 bulbs and turned the games off between use I could not detect any ill effects.
Ra
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I think the logic behind keeping the machines turned on is that you minimize the power surge when first starting them up. But, they are all protected internally against surges. The only other reason I can think of is, maybe the built-up heat inside the machine keeps the grease and oil on the mechanical parts more fluid.
In fact, if the machines were on, and lightning hit near your home, it could potentially destroy every machine at once. IF they were powered up.
Turned off, you have half a chance of lightning not getting to the internals. Probably the best safety measure is to have a surge protector installed in your main power panel, which would catch any powerline surge before it hit the outlets.
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Ramegoom
Great explanation. Thanks. You are also right about the grease issue in my old EM games. that was the reasoning behind leaving them on. Like I said I have been turning them off for years now with no ill effects. I do use a surge protector in line with all of my games. As always, praying for Gods favor and no lightening strikes is helpful too.
Ra
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Ramegoom
Great explanation. Thanks. You are also right about the grease issue in my old EM games. that was the reasoning behind leaving them on. Like I said I have been turning them off for years now with no ill effects. I do use a surge protector in line with all of my games. As always, praying for Gods favor and no lightening strikes is helpful too.
Ra
You'd think the Sun God of Egypt would have a little pull in that direction. :24: :24: :24: :cool_thumb_up:
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Thor is the God of thunder and lightning. I don't want to step on his toes. Lol.
Ra
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Is it EMs that you are supposed to leave only on a winning combo? Something about a solenoid or stop (or some little doohickey) that the win takes the pressure off of? Or is it applies pressure? I am going to ask the hubby, but I know there is a machine you are supposed to leave on a win.
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Is it EMs that you are supposed to leave only on a winning combo? Something about a solenoid or stop (or some little doohickey) that the win takes the pressure off of? Or is it applies pressure? I am going to ask the hubby, but I know there is a machine you are supposed to leave on a win.
Roz,
On the EM's if you leave the machine on a winning combination, the zero stop switch is closed (off the stop) The stop tends to break down and melt over time and or sticks
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Sorry for the delayed response about keeping the games on or turning them off. In short I turn the machines off when not in use. I do make sure that I pass a hand full of coins through all of my games at least weekly. Early on in my collecting life I was told that the machines had to remain on. Perhaps by someone on the old archived NLG. When I got tired of replacing #47 bulbs and turned the games off between use I could not detect any ill effects.
Ra
I have been in the automated packaging field for over 25 years. I have found that machines left on when not in use rarely fail. machines turned off then back on fail more but most of the time a power cycle works. That said heat will take life out of electronic components and it costs money to keep machines on not only in power for the machine is also costs to remove heat from room. To remove 1watt of heat it takes about 2 watts of AC
So in opinion you have a fantastic setup and like Vegas keep them on 24/7
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Is it EMs that you are supposed to leave only on a winning combo? Something about a solenoid or stop (or some little doohickey) that the win takes the pressure off of? Or is it applies pressure? I am going to ask the hubby, but I know there is a machine you are supposed to leave on a win.
Roz,
On the EM's if you leave the machine on a winning combination, the zero stop switch is closed (off the stop) The stop tends to break down and melt over time and or sticks
So it's GOOD or BAD to leave on a win?
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Good, that's how I have always done it. :cool_thumb_up:
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Thanks for clarifying Robert! :cool_thumb_up: :cool_thumb_up: :cool_thumb_up:
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And with that I just went down to the basement and left all of my games on a win. I guess a slight deviation would be the older style hoppers, of which I have one, that uses a pivot cam instead of the rubber stopped for a zero stop. The cam is probably plastic of some kind and seems harder than the rubber bumper and probably not prone to getting mushy. What? Now I sound like Old Reno with blasts from the past info. This forum is a good thing. Yes thanks for making it clear to me as well.
Ra