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Re: [ukvac] Re: Arcade machines and the cold (cheapskate solution)
Quoting Karl Doe <karlcdoe@yahoo.co.uk>:
> PS If you want to drastically reduce fatalities when powering up cold
> games just stick a fan heater in the back of them half an hour before
> you power them up. It's a trick lots of operators used to use.
Some operators still do this, we spend a weekend warming up the games
before we switch them on for the first time each year. Half hour with
a 2kw fan heater and you're a lot less likely to have the monitor or
PSU going up in smoke.
For my own games, where I don't want to wait half an hour before playing
the games, I use a 40w light bulb in a fitting fixed to the inside of the
back door and leave it switched on 24 hours a day. It keeps the insides
of the game warm and dry, and it doesn't waste electricity by attempting
to heat a draughty shed/garage.
Cheers,
Dave.
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Quoting Karl Doe <karlcdoe@yahoo.co.uk>:
> PS If you want to drastically reduce fatalities when powering up cold
> games just stick a fan heater in the back of them half an hour before
> you power them up. It's a trick lots of operators used to use.
Some operators still do this, we spend a weekend warming up the games
before we switch them on for the first time each year. Half hour with
a 2kw fan heater and you're a lot less likely to have the monitor or
PSU going up in smoke.
For my own games, where I don't want to wait half an hour before playing
the games, I use a 40w light bulb in a fitting fixed to the inside of the
back door and leave it switched on 24 hours a day. It keeps the insides
of the game warm and dry, and it doesn't waste electricity by attempting
to heat a draughty shed/garage.
Cheers,
Dave.
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DATA Imported from archives: originally posted by Dave Roberts (daverob@cwcom.net)