How Much Power Does A Modern Pinball Machine Draw

• #iii

My electrician friend and I decided that 5 games per 20A circuit was the best selection. That fashion it will never be over 75%. Nosotros are going to add ii more breakers next weekend so I will take the chapters for 20 games. Now I just demand more games.

• #4

nigh games are 1-iii amps per game. safely I would take at least ii circuits. I use a ability strip with a amp meter to measure out. 20amp circuits is what I ran with the proper power strips/conditioners fabricated for 20amps. (plenty on Ebay that are used from computer IT companies for cheap as most want standard 15 amp)

many modern games (more often than not drivers) are v amp. I recollect some might be more. Especially kiddie rides.

• #5

I accept a electrician coming over to expect at bringing in plenty power to run whole arcade at one time. Is there a science to how much ability needed per game, pivot, slot Ect... ?
I have around 17 total and room for a few more. Plus would like to add neon, lights Ect...
I was thinking possibly a 50 amp service? What'south your thoughts!!

I think you flunked math.
j/1000
seriously, isn't that what the electrician is for ?
fifty amp service sounds manner as well low. I would become at least 100 and maybe even 200. Shouldn't cost much more anyway.

20 games at v amps per game = 100

A lot of people will say you don't need to factor 5 amps per game. I would say running it right at the max is a mistake.

• #7

I used a tool (Impale A Watt) to measure what my games were pulling in an attempt to balance out the electric current draw on the circuits. What I plant was that virtually all of the classic games with nineteen inch monitors pulled between 2 and three amps each. Newer games with 25" monitors pulled between 4 and 5 amps. Cinematronics and Atari Vectors were betwixt two and 3 amps but Sega vectors were pulling close to 5 amps each. Non DMD pinballs were around 2 and DMD pins were around three amps. A Cavalier CS96 Coke Automobile pulled around 8 amps. I ran four 20 Amps circuits in addition to an existing 15 amp circuit and I however demand more circuits to power everything.

• #xi

I call up you flunked math.
j/k
seriously, isn't that what the electrician is for ?
50 amp service sounds way too low. I would go at least 100 and perchance even 200. Shouldn't cost much more anyhow.

20 games at 5 amps per game = 100

A lot of people volition say you don't need to factor five amps per game. I would say running information technology right at the max is a mistake.

Uh... nigh nineteen" rastor games run 1amp bro... the most amperage I've seen out of ANY game I've endemic was Guns n Roses which hit iii.1 amp right in the centre of a skillful game. The nearly I've seen whatever vid hitting was 2.9amp... ever.

Invest in a Kill-A-Watt device.

I have 24 unlike coin op devices running without issue on 2 twenty amp and 1 15 amp circuit.

• #12

I used a tool (Kill A Watt) to measure out what my games were pulling in an effort to balance out the electric current describe on the circuits. What I found was that well-nigh all of the archetype games with nineteen inch monitors pulled betwixt two and 3 amps each. Newer games with 25" monitors pulled between 4 and v amps. Cinematronics and Atari Vectors were betwixt 2 and three amps but Sega vectors were pulling close to 5 amps each. Not DMD pinballs were around 2 and DMD pins were around 3 amps. A Cavalier CS96 Coke Machine pulled around 8 amps. I ran 4 20 Amps circuits in add-on to an existing 15 amp excursion and I still need more than circuits to ability everything.

Dude... you lot demand to re-bank check. I've yet to notice a single 19" rastor game pull more two.5amp and that was a medium res Paperboy. Most of my 19" not-vector games run 1 to 1.5 amp max... 19" B&West vectors run about 2amp... nineteen" color vectors run about 2.5 amp or so...

Here... so people don't remember I'thousand blowing sunshine upwards their skirts...

Beginning we accept PAC Human...

Next nosotros have NEO-GEO running a 25" monitor...

Finally we have Storm...

Yes... each fluctuate... but only a few percentage points +/- ... except pinball machines which fluctuate greatly depending on the solenoids being fired, etc.

Each automobile as well can crave about 2x the power to POWER Upward... which is why I recommend powering up one game at a fourth dimension ... or at max a small bank of games at a time (3 or 4 maybe). I power up each game individually and requite it about 2 seconds between each game for the power up load to drop to normal levels.

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Last edited: Sep 17, 2012

• #13

In my old apartment I had somewhere betwixt 15 and twenty games on a unmarried 15 amp breaker.

• #14

NOTE.... also go on LIGHTING and HEATING/COOLING considerations in mind. While my 20 + xx + 15 configuration works out and I can play all games at the same time... I tin can not do so and run the heater or air conditioner. I have to plow off multiple games to run either. Most window/portable Air conditioning'due south run about 10amp and only most all plug-in heaters offer 3 settings... 600w 900w and 1200w. 1200w just almost maxes out a single 15a circuit all past itself. If possible, consider propane/natural gas options for heating.

• #xv

I power upwards each game individually and give it near 2 seconds between each game for the power upward load to drop to normal levels.

I bet that's fun. You could power up over 20 games one at a fourth dimension or you could just make sure the electric can handle it and power them all up together. Similar I said, running things at the max is not a adept idea.

• #sixteen

I bet that's fun. You lot could power upwardly over 20 games one at a time or yous could just make sure the electrical can handle information technology and ability them all up together. Like I said, running things at the max is not a good idea.

Merely how do y'all power twenty games on at one time anyhow? Surely not using a circuit-billow as a an on-off switch...

Last edited: Sep 18, 2012

• #xviii

while your looking into the upgrade, peradventure look into a whole business firm line conditioner/ surge suppresor.

• #19

I added 2 Ten 60amp breakers to my garage and I currently run 25 games in at that place which is mode more then I demand. Frizz is correct about virtually 19" rasters dont go past 3amps. The only game I have in my garage that goes past 3amps is my Cosmic Chasm which has clocked in at 7-9amps. Im guessing its all the lamps it uses plus the vector monitor ;-)

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