Another question from a NOOBIE RE: Powering down when not in use ???

[Strake]

Hi again,


Got my parts back yesterday from my original vendor (who sold me the machine 7 years ago) and NEARLY everything is back to normal.... now my machine accepts bills again, and coins again....  YEA !!!


IGT S Plus  Double Cherry Bar  ( 10 Mhz  motherboard ).   SP731 chip.



Question,  when you power down your machine if you aren't playing it.....  do you  just unplug it from the wall,   or open up the door and turn off the power switch each time?   Keep in mind,  I'm  the Noobie  who left my machine on continuously for 7 years  as  I that mistakenly thought it would kill the battery otherwise.  We are often gone 2 or 3 weeks at a time to our lake home and would prefer to shut this down  PROPERLY  when not using.


Thanks in advance for any assistance.


Richard

[Ken]

Plug machine power into a power strip and turn off and on from that.

[Strake]

Thank you !!!!   I modified my question to just the power as  I realized  the coin credit issue  after thinking about it....  DUH....

[Ken]

I deleted my answer since you deleted your question.

[Shaggy]

Hey strake to add to Ohiogammings response. Most of us on here use good quality surge protectors. The higher the Jules rating the better. A close lightning strike could wipe out a lot of electronics in that machine. The better ones will even show when their protection level is or has dropped and needs to be replaced. And you can run multiple machines on 1 protector. I run 3 or 4 on mine. Something to think about.

Dave

[Strake]

Thanks Dave.......   


Adding one tomorrow when  I go out to the stores.