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Title: arcade game power requirements
Post by: iankellogg on March 14, 2014, 09:05:21 pm
I figured for my own reference and for others I would hook up my working games and see how much power they use

JROK multiwilliams - 110W
Nintendo Punchout!! - 150W
neogeo 4slot big red - 160W
Pacman    - 110W
scramble   - 130W

As I get more games working I will add to this list.


Title: Re: arcade game power requirements
Post by: STEVESPEEZE on March 15, 2014, 02:30:23 pm
I figured for my own reference and for others I would hook up my working games and see how much power they use

JROK multiwilliams - 110W
Nintendo Punchout!! - 150W
neogeo 4slot big red - 160W
Pacman    - 110W
scramble   - 130W

As I get more games working I will add to this list.


You lookin for any mvs carts? forgot to ask you in the feed.


Title: Re:
Post by: iankellogg on March 15, 2014, 02:33:31 pm
I'm always looking for some. It depends on the game and if the kit is there.

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Title: Re: arcade game power requirements
Post by: John's Arcade on March 15, 2014, 05:51:28 pm
I figured for my own reference and for others I would hook up my working games and see how much power they use

JROK multiwilliams - 110W
Nintendo Punchout!! - 150W
neogeo 4slot big red - 160W
Pacman    - 110W
scramble   - 130W

As I get more games working I will add to this list.

How about AMPs? Isn't that info more useful when figuring out how many to put on a circuit? I have measured a few of mine with a kilawatt and found most to be around 1-1.5amp


Title: Re: arcade game power requirements
Post by: iankellogg on March 15, 2014, 07:13:52 pm
its all about the same really. My meter just defaults to watts and I didnt change it while measuring. A 15A circuit will be able to do around 1800w.


Title: Re: arcade game power requirements
Post by: iankellogg on March 15, 2014, 07:42:03 pm
I will redo the test with both amps and volt amps