1/2 of My Gameroom

[83fxdg90]

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

[CVslots]

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?

[Neonkiss]

Good, that's how I have always done it. 

[CVslots]

Thanks for clarifying Robert! 

[RiseLikeRa]

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