STAR*TECH Journal
FANTASY ISLAND Revenues/
SILVER SKI Mod
By Frank "The Crank" Seninsky
Alpha--Qrrega Arnusenents & Sales
E.dison, New Jersey
September 1987 (6)
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excessive current passes through the
transistor and the pot can't handle the
load.
With a little attention, revenues on
rotary machines can be substantially
increased. I.Du Cappetta, Jr. of Bonita
Marie Co., Toms River, NJ has increased
his rotary revenues quite a bit by doing
three things:
Gary Huff, Senior Technician at Darien
lake, has added a 100 ohm, 1/2 watt
resistor between the alarm set pot and the
base of the transistor. This resistor
permits the pot to be adjusted while the
alarm is sounding and protects the pot
from being blown by accident. I suggest
that this resistor be added to each SILVER
SKI you operate.
1) Removing the swinging decoration flaps
that are each attached to an arm pusher.
This gives the player a better view of the
entire playfield.
Rowe Hopper Payout Machine
Monitors
2) Waxing the mirrored playfield once a
week with a pinball playfield cleaner or a
household cleaner like Jubilee. This
enables more prizes to be placed on the
playfield and permits them to slide rrore
easily.
In recent months, my Rowe changers have
turned into real service headaches. 'Ihe
hopper drive motor has been the major
problem.
Inprove Revenues On
FAN'.12\SY ISLAND Rotary
3) Using top quality merchandise, and in
sone cases, raising the play price to 50
cents.
If you don't want to remove the (4) arm
decoration flaps, they can also be bent
inwards into a horizontal position, which
also gives the player a better view of the
playfield. Either method W?rks well_and
also keeps the flaps from interferrmg
with play, (as they can hit taller prizes
as the arm moves and turn off players).
Operators have also had success by J?lltting
less expensive prizes in square lucite
cases, (which are nuch easier to win), and
the larger, more expensive prizes in the
large round cases.
Sn.VER SKI Alaml Relay Board lbJ
Some operators of our Crompton SILVER SKI
pushers have blown out the alarm ~ime ~et
"pot" while adjusting the alarm time with
the alarm sounding (on).
The potentiometer is located on the Alarm
Relay Board. If this pot is turned to
"zero" while the alarm is sounding,
By
Todd Erickson
Summit Amusenents
st. Paul, Minnesota
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The Multi Products motor has a brake; this
is necessary to stop the motor \>oh.en the
right amount of coins are dispensed. If it
does not stop, an extra coin may be .
deposited into the payout hopper. 'Ibis
will shut the changer down.
Many years ago Rowe had a rubber i~r! in
the brake arm. This worked well until it
became wet with a light oil from the
motor. The brake then began sticking. To
eliminate this, Rowe removed the rubber
insert.
Next, the brake arm picked up residual
magnetism, which was ~lways on ~e right
hopper with a MC (maximum capacity)
machine. Rowe has a new arm for the
hopper. It is currently avail~le only
with a motor. Of the motor failures, 90
percent are gearbox failures.
I contacted Rowe, and they are now
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checking on getting repair parts from
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their supplier to service our industry.
When the brake arm becomes available, I
strongly recommend replacing the primary
rrotor brake.