# Securing pinball, jukebox and arcade: heavy, loud, and the back panel open

> Secure the machines: keep them dry, the back is not an open cash box, rarity on the list, not in a damp shed.
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A pinball machine or a jukebox is furniture with electronics, and often with a cash box that someone assumes is full. Heavy, but on casters surprisingly easy to move. In the overview [Security for collectors](/artikel/sicherheit-fuer-sammler) this is a room object with a second risk: the contents the offender assumes.

## What breaks without a thief

Damp, a shed that condenses in winter, a power supply that runs warm and sits on dust, glass that cracks when the machine rolls crooked. You store dry and level, and you leave no coins in the cash box as an invitation.

## When someone comes

Casters are the point. A machine in an open carport can be wheeled away. In the home it stands so that you cannot roll it to the door in one go. The door itself is the lock. The policy knows model and number. Small boards and rare trim on the machine, such as a replaced front-glass set that has a price, are extra lines in the list.

## The folder

Maker, model, serial number, proof, whether original or rebuilt. Photo of the lettering on the back panel.


## Häufige Fragen

### Leave the coins in?

No. A cash box full of small change turns a collector's piece into a supposed cash box.

### In a damp shed?

Then the electronics corrode. Keep it dry.

### On casters by the door?

Then the path is short. Further in, door shut.