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Current/amp draw from pinball machine...

By MoSeS_1592

4 years ago


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    #14 4 years ago

    This might help. All games are LED except where noted.

    Alien Star - Idle = 1.06A
    Alien Star - Peak = 1.57A

    Avatar - Idle = 1.02A
    Avatar = Peak = 2.89A

    Bad Cats - Idle = 1.22A
    Bad Cats - Peak = Unknown (I don't think anyone played it that night)

    Big Buck Hunter - Idle = 1.14A
    Big Buck Hunter - Peak = 2.07A

    Demolition Man - Idle = 1.25A
    Demolition Man - Peak = 2.76A

    Metallica - Idle = 1.04A
    Metallica - Peak = 5.36A (Not sure about this...might be a false reading. The day before it registered a peak of 2.12A)

    Rolling Stones (Stern) - Idle = 0.96A
    Rolling Stones (Stern) - Peak = 3.55A

    Safari (EM - Incandescent) - Idle = 0.68A
    Safari (EM - Incandescent) - Peak = 2.57A

    Star Trek (DE - Incandescent) - Idle = 1.89A
    Star Trek (DE - Incandescent) - Peak = 3.45A

    Super Orbit - Idle = 0.77A
    Super Orbit - Peak = 2.30A

    Walking Dead - Idle = 1.06A
    Walking Dead - Peak = 2.56A

    Wizard of Oz - Idle = 1.46 - 1.92A
    Wizard of Oz - Peak = 5.29A

    I have one on Batman '66, but it's a different brand and doesn't log enough information to make an accurate assessment.

    Just to follow this up, I used to have 7 games and a popcorn machine in one of our bedrooms on the same circuit and never had an issue. It was funny when you walked into the bathroom and the lights would dim when someone hit the flipper buttons.

    I'm not advocating that you try and do such a thing, but I never had a problem.

    #15 4 years ago
    Quoted from QuietEarp:

    I think your issue would be the fact that, if I am understanding it correctly, you would turn on groups of machines at the same time on a 10 amp circuit. The start up draw would probably all happen at the same time which could be problematic.
    3 pins isn't too many though so I would think you would just need to quantify the current drawn upon start up.

    I've seen no indication that there is any start up draw higher than the idle current. Here are a few of mine showing startup.

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