(Topic ID: 520)

Power Tilt?

By Gunney8

14 years ago



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    #1 14 years ago

    Was playing and had a mutli-ball going with 5 balls... kept them all in play and pin was blinking, sounding, all kinds of good stuff. Had all 5 balls going for quite a while and all of the sudden I got a "Power Tilt" read on the screen and machine went dead.. lost the game and all points.
    I have the pin plugged into a socket that is shared with a refrigerator... maybe referr went on and with all the balls being played and goings on, when the referr kicked in, it drew too much power away from the pin to cause somethin'?? I'm new to the pin world so just asking...

    #2 14 years ago

    Yea could be Gunney8, i have double powerpoints running to individual circuit breakers.
    If i try to run say, Moster Bash in conjunction with STTNG, the breaker will trip.
    STTNG draws about 4.7 amps on startup, and during a multiball, it would draw more.
    I need to run STTNG from its own breaker.
    I would say that your fridge, when the compressor cycles on, would be the cause.
    Have you got another point that you can run it to?

    #3 14 years ago

    I'll need to look around... hope it's just a fluke becasue pin is in great location in basement away from the other toys. Might have do look at rearranging if it happens again, or too often.

    #4 14 years ago

    I use these on my machines. If it keeps happening you might try something similar.

    #5 14 years ago

    I use these on my machines. If it keeps happening you might try something similar.

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    #6 14 years ago

    Yep I have had something similar happen - its nice to have the pin and the beer close to each other but sometimes they just dont play well together

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