Reel Speed

[The laneman]

I have a couple of reels on my Bally S9000 that will spin slower sometimes.Doesn't give come up with a error.
Does anyone know what causes that?
Bad reel assy?

[coolwavepic]

How slow are we talking about? Depending on the spin the reels spin slightly slowly or faster but can only tell the difference if you really look at it.

[rickhunter]

Post a video, it would be the easiest way to see what you mean.

[mr-monoxide]

I've noticed that as well but I thought the variance in reel speed was how an alpha kept things random. Machines of the past would spin all the reels at the same speed and then would vary the timing between each individual reel stop to keep it random but s9000's seem to work opposite because the reel stop intervals are always the same. I may be wrong about this but I believe it to be true.

[coolwavepic]

Correct. Bally tries to keep the stop intervals the same so when the reels start spinning get are at different speeds. Record them spinning at slow motion on your iPhone and you can see it.