You left the games on for 2 weeks straight, 24 hours a day?
Yeah, I am careful not to do it again, but I sometimes don't make it out to the garage when I plan to, so I turn everything off every time now.
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You left the games on for 2 weeks straight, 24 hours a day?
I would have been sick if that happened to me! Was everything fine when you got back Paul?
My Crazy Climber stays on all the time.
It has been up except for power outages for several years.
The monitor probably needs a cap kit. If I turn it off, it takes several minutes to reach full brightness again. It has some screen burn, but it doesn't bother me during play.
I figure it costs about $10/month to run it.
That's the primary reason I don't have three or four of them on out there.
I have several games in my garage in South Carolina. Most of them, I turn on when I want to play.
My Crazy Climber stays on all the time.
It has been up except for power outages for several years.
The monitor probably needs a cap kit. If I turn it off, it takes several minutes to reach full brightness again. It has some screen burn, but it doesn't bother me during play.
I figure it costs about $10/month to run it.
That's the primary reason I don't have three or four of them on out there.
Who needs a high score save kit when you can just burn them in?
I try and power cycle my games at least once a month. Keeps the capacitors fresh.
Tempest? I'd only turn it on if you want to break it. Same goes for Pole Position.
On that last point, you need to be careful. I used to leave them on if I thought I was going to be back in the gameroom that day. I left everything on for 2 weeks one time that way, so now I turn them off on my way out of the gameroom every time.
Iggy always has his PP on![]()
I've told this story before, but when my Dad first bought his Centipede machine (before I was even in the hobby) he didn't realize scores saved, so he left his machine on for almost 3 straight years. No, that's not a typo. It stayed on for 3 years straight with zero issues. Insane to think about it now, ha.
Really? I don't know if I could easily sleep with one on all of the time like that due to risk, not to mention it being pretty wasteful of energy and components. :O
What's the point of having it on while everybody is asleep? I could very remotely understand the "on all day so if I walk by it's on and looking cool" argument but don't understand the night thing. Glass of milk walk-by? Lol.
Iggy always has his PP on![]()
I like to wear provocative clothing to turn my games on and frumpy dumpy clothing to turn them off.
I've told this story before, but when my Dad first bought his Centipede machine (before I was even in the hobby) he didn't realize scores saved, so he left his machine on for almost 3 straight years. No, that's not a typo. It stayed on for 3 years straight with zero issues. Insane to think about it now, ha.