Re: MTBF for Flippers

It turns out that the coil sleeve was cracked.

Still curious though as to an average fail time in number of flips...anyone
have some anecdotal idea?

Darren

<cchunn3@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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It depends.

Very young players tend to just push the flipper buttons over and over
again. This results in the assemblies absorbing ALL the energy they
produce at a much higher rate than intended. This will wear them out
much faster.

Conversely, someone who only flips when necessary transfers more energy
into the ball and less into the assembly, resulting in longer life.

Also any number of anomolies with the playfield bushing, flipper
bat/shaft, crank, link, plunger, stop, EOS, and loose mounting screws
all can affect the longevity of the assembly.

-cody
CARGPB4

sdknews wrote:
Hello,

My firend had a flipper broken on his LOTR yesterday (dang kids!!) and
it
got us wondering about how many flips is the average flipper mechanism
good
for? He thinks that flipper has been actuated probably about 110,000
times
(with ROM upgrades it's hard to tell). So...how many flips until a
rebuild
kit should be on order?

Thanks!!
Darren



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