Has anyone used these type of bulb in an old machine? If yes is it a good thing?
Anyone used LED bulbs in an EM machine?
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Pinball hall of fame has LED's in all their EM's, I think they look ok with subtle warm white ones, but look odd with cold white
That's basically how I feel about LEDs in all games
Its funny, I was at the PHOF earlier this year and thought the EM's looked terrible with them in. I understand why they did it with all those machines to run and I guess they would fail less often but I would always use incandescent bulbs for GI, inserts, now that's a different story!
Time told me it's entirely for the electric bill. Can't remember how much he said, but it was $$$ hundreds per month over 400+ machines in savings
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Just use candles grandad ;-)
What you managed to get a conversation out of him
If you relentlessly annoy him, he will eventually talk back
I've put coloured LEDs under the inserts in my Cow Poke. Looks much better than incandescents imo.
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Thx for the replies lads.. might try a few coloured ones in the bumpers
The beauty of trying a few LED's is, well it doesn't cost you a fortune, and its reversible if you don't like it or sell the machine. It's down to what you like the look of
Tried it on the playfield of my Hi Deal and immediately changed back - just looked all wrong. But I've put them (warm white) in the backbox, I can't see any difference in appearance but I believe their cool running helps to protect the backglass from stressing and then peeling.
Just read a good article on the pinball ninja webzine. He talks about the annoying flicker that sometimes you get when using leds on cpu controlled lamps.
The cpu needs to see a load on the circuit which is normally provided by an incandescent #44 type lamp but not from a low power led.
The solution solder a 470 ohm resistor across the lamp holder to give it a bit of load.
Seemed to work a treat.
The cpu needs to see a load on the circuit which is normally provided by an incandescent #44 type lamp but not from a low power led.
The solution solder a 470 ohm resistor across the lamp holder to give it a bit of load.
Seemed to work a treat.
