Modern Pin Power Consumption Resting

Hi all,

My route is currently a number of miles away and so I thought I would ask this question here.

If you just leave modern machines (I have Medieval Madness (Remake - Standard) and #star-wars-stern-le in particular) on for 24 hours in one day how many kilowatt hours of energy might they consume?

I will be able to measure this eventually with a "Kill-o-Watt" meter but not for a while.

Thanks!

#3 5 years ago

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mcbPalisade

Quoted from Phat_Jay:
250-350 w/h in standby I seem to remember. Max power is around 1150 on my bsd.
So..call it 7kw per day per machine, we pay 10 cents per kw so .70 per day per machine....
Ughh Monday math.....

More than I might have guessed but does seem reasonable. I'm thinking of putting my pins in a breakfast/Pub area of a motel.

I think the best power strategy is a combination of two things:

1. On during waking hours, something like 6 AM until 10 PM or since this hotel room is also a Pub maybe midnight.
2. During other hours have a motion sensor / power plug combo that turns on an SSR so that someone checking them out can play once they boot.

6-8 hours of off-time would save 1/3 of $0.70 or around a quarter a day. Like most hotels would even notice, people waste everything when they feel they are entitled.

#8 5 years ago

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mcbPalisade

Quoted from vid1900:
What you can do it use a $10 WiFi plug and simply program a power-on schedule from your phone.

I understand these are easily hackable. I have 3 older ones that I never plugged in for this reason.

I see they have a button - anyone on site can override whatever state the plug is in? Are you notified?

#13 5 years ago

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mcbPalisade

Quoted from vid1900:
If someone DOES climb under the game to override the "off state" and presses the button, they must REALLY want to play the game, right?
If the janitorial staff overrides the button because they want to play the game at 4am, that's cool with you I assume?
The next scheduled time program will put the game back in it's normal state. If the game is already ON at 6am, it will remain on. If the game is OFF at 6am, it will turn on.

You can be if you want to be.
If you see tons of late night usage, you might just want to extend the On Time so the night staff is encouraged to play.

WOW, you are smart! How did you know what kind of porn I prefer? ( - :

Where I'm coming from is to provide the best possible deal presentation to the venue owners. I'm hoping to keep all the pin revenue in exchange for them keeping all the bar revenue. If I can show a good faith effort to minimize their costs it might help the deal go through.

I asked for the numbers for the following reason: They might ask how much it costs to have these on 24/7, now I'll know how to answer. I plan to tell them that the revenue they'll get from just my bar sales will pay for the electricity, although when I play pinball I don't drink - too important. I also don't generally go to bars to drink anymore anyway.

This type of adapter has allure and I think I'll at least give these power controllers a try should they go for this. Any hints on how to better sell this idea to a faceless set of shareholders would be appreciated.

#15 5 years ago

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mcbPalisade

Quoted from vid1900:
Everyone from CO likes the same porn.

Buy in bulk, like Costco or Sam's Club. "One size fits all"

Quoted from vid1900:
The shareholders don't care about the electrical costs, they only care about how many more people will these games bring through the door.

These were all great insights. I'll leave that part out and mention pinballmap.com as a way to steer people to their Pub.

Quoted from vid1900:
Remember also, that if there are cranes, jukeboxes, dart boards or pool tables already installed, you won't be able to bring in your pins, because another op already has all the coin-op for that location locked up.

Absolutely nothing there except a bar for serving drinks. The bar, pool, hot tub and TV are the only distraction they offer. Maybe the Whales get served out tentacle porn though.

#19 5 years ago

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mcbPalisade