In my attempt to put together a cost to run list, I purchased a 'Kill-a-watt' device that allows you to see the exact power consumption of electrical devices and determine how much it will cost to run per hour, day, month. Tonight I put a few machines through the tester and here's what I got so far.
I ran test with the machine in Standby or Attact mode and then with it running. The numbers below were the average as there was some flucuations during game play.
Galaga - 128 attract, 128 play
Ms PacMan - 128 attract, 128 play
EM Pinballs - 100 standby, 160 play
SS Pinball - 125 attract, 150 play
Pachislo w/video - 100 attract, 140 play
I hope to test other devices tomorrow including Neon lights, crane game, SkeeBall, jukebox, slot machines (EM and SS) and possibly a few other things.
All measurements above are in Watts.
This test is worth every penny of $30 I spent for it at Fry's. You can easily not only how devices you think are 'off' are really drawing power and just how much it cost to run them.
I ran test with the machine in Standby or Attact mode and then with it running. The numbers below were the average as there was some flucuations during game play.
Galaga - 128 attract, 128 play
Ms PacMan - 128 attract, 128 play
EM Pinballs - 100 standby, 160 play
SS Pinball - 125 attract, 150 play
Pachislo w/video - 100 attract, 140 play
I hope to test other devices tomorrow including Neon lights, crane game, SkeeBall, jukebox, slot machines (EM and SS) and possibly a few other things.
All measurements above are in Watts.
This test is worth every penny of $30 I spent for it at Fry's. You can easily not only how devices you think are 'off' are really drawing power and just how much it cost to run them.