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Quoted from Nokoro:When the AC was off, I got 120 volts from the outlet. When the AC was on, I got 119 volts.
OK, power dip is not the issue. Maybe the flippers are getting hot and weaker or some other issue with the pin. Which pin is it?
Want an inexpensive way to monitor your power in real time while your playing? Place a lamp with a variable dimmer and an incandescent bulb near your pin, set on a low setting. (You could also buy a lamp dimmer at Home Depot.)
Whenever my HVAC kicks on, it is easy to see any lights on a dimmer in the house will dim dip down for a split second. If the power was unstable, you would also see the lamp fluctuating.
The only difficulty I can see is that you may not see the lamp fluctuation with the light show from the pin, but if you have a lamp with a dimmer, give it a try.
Quoted from vid1900:$15 Kill-A-Watt Meter
That is a good deal for a line monitor.
Quoted from gashog301:https://amzn.com/B00429N192
This is what i use.
Didn't know you could get a active voltage regulating UPS that cheap.
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