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A standard 3 reel machine?

What about a 3 reel machine with a LCD display?

 - Dorothy

If you turn them on when playing and turn them off when not using you are saving money, coal, etc.

Mine gets way hot if I leave it on in this Phoenix summer heat.... it is in the uncooled garage. So I only fire it up when I wanna use it.

Ditto!

W

Of course if you turn them off while playing and turn them on when not using, they really, really are not as much fun!!!  :208- :208- :208-

 Dan (tacman)

I'll be here all week!

When you go out do you leave the tv on? some like to make power co happy

The casinos never turn them off.
Of course,  you don't have their money to pay the light bill.  :72-

Hmmm.... Let me reword this question.

I am more interested in saving the machine than saving the planet. Is there any problem turning the machines on and off. I know they are on 24/7 in casinos and am wondering if the slight power surge of turning the machine and the heating up and cooling down of the components is harmful. It turn my computer on and off, but it isn't several years old and been exposed to strangers pulling on it while exhaling toxic gasses at it.

 - Dorothy

There are no problems with turning it off and on...
If you tinker with the machines as much as we do -
we'd wear out the power switch! lol

The only slots that I know of that are tempermental with turning on and off are the WMS 400 and Dotmation series due to their power supply problems. Also I believe there were some problems with either reel touches or Barcrests ??  :103-  with lack of ventilation in the topboxes that were a problem when you left them going all the time. Other than that I think slots are pretty much workhorses designed to be on 24/7.

 Dan (tacman)

I turn mine on and off everyday no trouble knock on wood.

What gasses? 

  I'm real nervous about the on and off too - especially my bluebird.   Bought a $200 ups to keep voltage constant.

I like ro leave on for a week - off for a few days if I know I'm not going to use them.
But still don't know what's best.

My S2000 and Game King are plugged into a Monster Power Center surge protector.  I just flip the switch on the surge protector to on/off.  This is done every day.

Jason

KEEP IT ON ,AS A NITE LIGHT... :97-  :97-

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIN8MmMloZE (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIN8MmMloZE)

Then you too can be this hot while playing a Double Diamond.

The sad part is, she's only 22.  :200- :30- :208- :208- :208-

If this helps, I run Casino boats and we turn them on and off sometimes 2-3 times a day. We seem to replace a lot of batteries, but I am not sure if that's not normal...

It depends on what machines you have.
The older Bally's like the Proslot 5500 and 6000 are notorious for eating up MPU batteries.
It's best to retro-fit them with battery holders for easy changes.
I'm sure that the settings get screwed up though and you're constantly RAM re-setting them.
The IGT MPU batteries seem to last longer.

SAME here  :89-  I turn mine on and off as needed but I DO turn them off and on at the machines internal pwr switch & NOT at a power strip or surge protector.  :79-  

I have NEVER had any issues using this method.    :96-

When we lose power at the Casino I work at, we ALWAYS have at least 1 or 2 blown power supplies and large number of Ballasts for the fluorescents in the games usually also go south when we get the surge when power is restored, but this "seems" to be more with the IGT s2000's than anything else.   :79-

I am a FIRM believer in turning each machine off individually so there is no stress  :5-

Wow. Thanks for info.

They should be on surge protection units - just like another electronics should be...
That way when the power comes back - it will be a more stable current.
Time to cough up money from the bosses in the higher up positions....lol

Hey Bunker, I agree but with over 4000 slots...It will never happen (unless I take a pay cut)  :97-
Only the progressive controllers have that luxury

Okay then,
Power surge protectors run about $15 each and can handle 6 machines per unit.
4,000 machines divide by 6 = 666 surge protectors multiplied by $15 equals about $10,000.
I'd say to them that you're saving them thousands and
thousands of dollars by not installing 666 surge protectors.

Therefore they should give you an $8,000 raise in your yearly salary.  :72-
Them 'em the other 2 grand is for parts...
Only problem is: you'll be in another tax bracket which may be unfavorable.... :5-

:30- Reading this makes me want to start a new rants and raves post.   :30- Although the S5500 had a hunger for batteries, the S6000 batteries can last up to 10 years, sometimes more.  The S-Plus is a mizer for batteries.  

Bunker, How many S6000s have you had that had a new battery and didn't last long due to their hunger?

W

Don't mean to hijack this thread, but I have a related question. I have a Bally three quarter multiplier, an IGT S+, a Bally "TwentyOne" video slot, and a CEI Video Poker slot. They are all plugged in individually and not close enough to be in one power strip. What rating surge protector should I use? Right now, I have each one in low cost surge protectors I got at Big Lots!

To answer your question a69Mopar,
I've never seen a Bally 6000 die.
While I've "heard" or "read" about Bally 5500 having battery problems -
I've always thought that they could be modified very easily using a battery pack/holder.
Also, I'm sure that you are right about the Bally 6000's being long-lifers.  :131-
It was an honest mistake and assumption on my part to conclude that
the 6000's behaved the same way.  :25-
I was wrong.

From now on - you are the man that the Bally guys are going to
have to wait for an answer to their questions!  :72-
You never make any mistakes when talking about slot stuff.

However, I do...I'm only human.
Please excuse me as I will drag my sorry butt out of here... :160- 

Any computer/electronics surge protector is fine. If you look around you'll even find some single recepticle protectors for machines that aren;t close together. I use both because some of my machines are several feet apart. Got mine at Radio Shack.

Hi Bunker,
  Very interesting reply.   :97-
   I do make mistakes, just like everyone else.  I have seen several people make statements similar, and perhaps my long hours lately have my tolerance level down.  Nevertheless I think you're a hell of a guy and only meant to give you a slap, not a knee to the groin, so man up and walk it off.   :96-  No need to stop trying to help others.  I just don't want people to pass the S5500 judgement down to the solid platform of the S6000, and when someone respected as much as yourself makes a judgement statement, people believe it to be true.  I'm not sure how you'll take this, but don't mean it in a bad way.

Thansk,
Wayne
P.S. notice that I mistyped Thanks, see what I mean.... :96-

 :72-  Yeah I see...you can't spell.... :200-  just kiddin ya