Pachinko Power?

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I am not sure if this is the right forum for pachinko questions or not, but I am looking at one here locally and had a couple questions.

This is the machine in question:
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It looks like it is in fairly good condition, and the mechanisms look clean, but I do not see how to power it.

It has this sticker on the inside:
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Sorry for the bad pic, but it is basically a schematic that shows a transformer putting out 9VAC, going directly to one light and going to two others through switches.

Are the lights the only part that take power? If not, where would I find the rest of the wiring?
 
yup...

i use old ac adapters on mine...

12 bulbs with 12v adapter, 6v bulbs with 6 or 9v adapter


theyre all old school mechanical..

if its cheap grab it, youll love it. I think i still have 6 or 7 of mine over at the parents house on "permanent loan"
 
yup...

i use old ac adapters on mine...

12 bulbs with 12v adapter, 6v bulbs with 6 or 9v adapter


theyre all old school mechanical..

if its cheap grab it, youll love it. I think i still have 6 or 7 of mine over at the parents house on "permanent loan"

Are those the ones I saw for sale on CL last week? I buy them when they show up on CL. I am up to 8 now and looking for more. :)
 
Yep as far as I know, at least on the vintage one I have that looks simliar, there's a "shoot" light and a "win" light. The shoot light means its ready for shooting, and thats turned on by a switch under a weighted lever under the top ball bin. Once the top bin runs out of balls (Phet would have a field day with this post), the weight pulls the switch up and turns off the shooting light. A rod also blocks off the shooter loading mechanism so it won't shoot anymore.

The win light on my just has a number 15 on it (15 balls per win), and momentarily lights up while it spits out the balls. Thats all the electrical crap mine has, and these things are really neat to watch on the back when they win - all sorts of moving parts.

Really fun but pretty noisy - I'll bet pachinko rooms were deafening! You can get new tokens/balls for it on Ebay or pinball suppliers. They were originally gambling games in Japan, and from what I read, what eventually led to the Pachislo slots.
 
The version he was looking at is gravity fed. The only things that needs power are the lights. As Caddy said just match a Radio Shack battery eliminater (or old cell phone charger) to the voltage on the bulbs and you are good to go.

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The number 15 has a magical connotation in Japanese gambling. Gambling is illegal in Japan and redemption prizes can olny be given out in maximums of 15. The newer Pachinko machines will take that to the extreme by enteering into a mode called fever where practically every ball drops into something and scores 15.

In Japanese pachinko parlors you cannot redeem you extra balls for cash, you must redeem them for a "prize", a pen or a doll or something. When you leave the parlor you will be approached by a person who is looking for a pen or a doll and they will offer to buy it from you for an exhorbitant amount of money (relative to the real value of the item).
</Useless trivia>

ken
 
Get a 9V battery snap and twist the leads around the leads on the machine, polarity does not matter. Snap in a battery and away you go... The machine uses 12V bulbs so the 9V works well and your bulbs wont burn out.
 
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