SOLD! Now I just need more than 1 machine to make it worth it.
Lovin the backglass murals, that's wicked.

I've been using these for years, work great.

You can also program the remote to operate multiple outlets at once, so if power load is not an issue you can set the 4th or 5th set of buttons to turn every outlet on and off at the same time.

Love the demonstration. My favorite part was when you turned them on and off.

Excellent. Wall of translites is nice.

LTG : )™

Jesus, I think you have more money in Swapboxes than I have in my entire pin collection.

That's a pretty smokin' price for 5 controllable plugs... I need to see how much current my jukebox pulls...

Love the translite boxes on the wall, love the product! Sure beats bending over and turning on a strip.

On a slightly related note, anyone have any idea what the cost is if I wanted to add an additional bank of lines in my main fuse box? (say a small 6 slot box beneath it)? I really only have one useable outlet in my basement, and it's pretty limiting to what I can have on.

Want!!

This is exactly what I need, well found and shared (thank goodness for Bongo so I can get them to Australia).
Pinside is like the stockmarket - only 1 item left at Amazon - things get snapped up so quickly when they are shared on here - often driving the prices up! Remember the ACDC canon mod? went from$4 to $80 in 1 weeks

I got some at home depot during the holidays for like $10

Fattrain, hope you bought the set which is also compatible with an internet router.

Mine machines and lightning are all on those switches, and i can control them from my iPhone.
Also handy if you are out and it becomes later then you tought it would be, the app sends instructions to the router, and all lights go on, even when you are out of town, or country for that matter

WeMo makes some that can be controlled over the internet with your smart phone as well if that floats your boat. My wife got me one for Christmas and I haven't figured out what to do with it - Till now.

I think this thread just caused amazon to sell out

Just ordered a set hope it does work with the internet that would be cool

Heres a behind the scenes if you want to see how I automated the startup and added music. Not cheap but I love it.

The remotes are cool too

Sweet! Just ordered a set. Thanks for the heads up Justin!

Mike

Bought it and hooked up all my pins to 1 button. Such a dream to flick them all on/off with 1 button. 1 button is for my neons, and 1 button is for my jukebox. Thanks for the great tip.

Thats awesome. I work in the Industrial Automation field and I've always pondered on all the wild stuff I could do at home if I had a PLC.

Go directly to company website. Cheaper and there is a survey you can take for another 20% off.

Oops...and free shipping with coupon also!

Little tip for Canadians, since etekcity does not want to ship to Canada from any of their usual stores, this ebay listing shipped to me:

ebay.com link: 1 2 3 5 Pack Wireless Remote Control Light Switch Outlet Plug Socket W Remote

I am going to look into this!

I just ordered this from Etekcity's website using the code from completing the survey (20% off) and got it for $20 shipped for the 5 pack with 2 remotes.

Are you plugging a power strip into this so that you can connect multiple games to the one outlet? What is the most pins that can be connected to a single outlet?

Thanks,
Ed

I have my 2 pins and jukebox set up on remote. Very good investment for $15.

Considering how much home automation normally costs, this is an amazing solution.

Way better than the remotes I got at harbor freight. Thanks for the heads up I just bought 3 sets.
I take it that one outlet can control up to 4 pins...

Jeff
Classic Arcades Inc.

Oops. Pulled the trigger too quick. I bought them off amazon and paid tax and shipping. Should have read more and saw the ebay link with 5% off and free shipping and no tax

Oh well

Jeff
Classic Arcades Inc.

I dont leave my games plugged in for fear of a power surge. This would be nice if I left them plugged in though.

There's an audible relay switch sound when the plugs are activated. I am hoping this might protect the pins from a power surge when not in use.

+1 Would love to do something like that! thanks for sharing!

Yeah it won't. May stop a typical surge but a direct lighting striker would bridge any gap, hell it can even jump an empty fuse holder. Better safe than sorry.

I would really like to do this with the remote controlled outlets, but I am in the 'fraid of lightning' category. (Spring in Milwaukee, lots of storms)

No common (non-industrial) switch or relay has enough air gap to stop a strike to the wires near your house. Air gap in those relays will be 1/16" or less. Even when a switch is off, the ground is NOT SWITCHED- the lightning strike will travel just as well through the always connected ground wire to the games. Neutral is also not switched in most commonly available switches. (Need DPST switch) The MOV in the game is not a guarantee of protection. Power strip quality suppressors/arresters use similar MOVs.

So I physically unplug the power strips when not playing. That reduces the odds of getting my games fried from "very, very remote" to zero. Why so paranoid? Some of these games have been in my life for 20 years or so, I brought them back from the dead spending many hours learning how vintage Motorola microprocessors work, and don't want any chance they could be damaged by lightning. Plus some of them are worth some $$$. The whole thought of trying to repair power surge damage on my games is not something I want to face, even though the remote set-up is really cool. Note that I don't give one seconds thought to protecting TVs, stereos, computers or the coffee maker. Only the games get the 'unplugging treatment'.

Here's some advice (advice is free, but if you follow it it will cost you some money) - If you keep games plugged in, get a real, commercial grade surge arrester that actually says they are good for lightning strikes.

Don C

I love it. We're officially out of problems when we're trying to find easier ways to turn on all of our pinball machines!

Is that an ATM in your basement? Lol

Haha train You own-thread-pumper you

The ones that I always bought came with 12 inch cord extenders. You can buy them pretty cheap as well. Without them it's really hard to fit on a surge protector with other devices.

http://www.amazon.com/1-Feet-Outlet-Saver-Extension-5-Pack/dp/B00B728JY4/ref=pd_sim_indust_7

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nice done!

Done and done. Thanks for the review.

Great tip, thank you

Oh come on, where's the fun if you can't hunt through the years of cemented on gum to find the switch?

Fattrain, thx for the info on this device. They work great in my game room. I have a quick write up on my blog with a video similar to yours. Thx again

https://pinballsupernova.wordpress.com/2015/02/11/control-your-game-room-remotely/

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Here is what I have.... Power surge with remote. Works great. Highly recommend.
http://amzn.com/B003P2UMNK

Digging mine too. I put all 5 pins on one of them, no issues.

Also did my arcade machine, some of the lights, etc.

I bought a 5-pack and plugged them in for my game row outside my arcade, much better! I don't like to turn on 5 games when I am only going to play 1 or two, so this is useful.

Just got this in, very nice to not be crawling under machines. I've got my LED strip around the molding and one pin on one, juke on one, 4 back pins on one, and then three pins a piece on my long line on the last. Can turn the whole gameroom one with the press of a few buttons...awesome!