Dude!

Pinball machines are historically designed to be run 24/7.

I’ve owned Bally Williams machines that have been run 365 days a year, 24 hours a day in truck stops in Europe. Like ... 20 years years straight without the power ever going off.

The GI connectors are all toasted, the rubbers are falling off ... but they still run.

That’s what amusement machines are supposed to do.

Run constantly to make the owner money.

rd

Here’s one of the “landfill” Bally Williams I own.

This pin was made in 1993.

It was exported to Japan. It was run around the clock in a Tokyo Arcade.

Then when Japan didn’t want pins, it went to Germany and was run 24/7 in an autobahn truckstop.

Finally, it was retired and sent to New Zealand.

It was in a very tired state. But it still worked.

And here it is now. Still running like a rocket!

rd

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I think you missed the point.

That old POS CFTBL never caught on fire.

Despite being run for like 175,200 (rough guesstimate) hours straight.

rd