Swapping gi foR LED

[Big Phil]

Currently working on LED’ing Royal Rumble (ooooh yeah)

How the hell do change the gi bulbs when they’re stapled?

 

[AlanJ]

isn’t it just the bulb socket that’s stapled? the bulb should still unplug as normal?

 

[ronsplooter]

@Big Phil you swap them from the top side

 

[Big Phil]

I’m awesome at pinball maintenance! So how the hell do you grab and twist? Do you use a special tool? Some are really fiddly

 

[cmrl9]

They look like bayenet fittings, the bulb should just push and twist out from the top, although they might be under ramps or playfield bits, making them impossible to get out without removing stuff from the playfield

 

[AlanJ]

laser 7270 bulb extraction pliers / ebay, or if you must line bezos’s pockets, amazon

 

[cmrl9]

laser 7270 bulb extraction pliers / ebay, or if you must line bezos’s pockets, amazon

That's useful, I did wonder how you were supposed to change some without the hassle of dismantling everything.

 

[Pick Holder]

Use a pinball plunger rubber or a post rubber to grip the lamp from the top.

 

[Tony]

I’ve done a few with a big blob of blue tac, press in and turn and blue tac sticks to bulb installation is reverse

 

[Big Phil]

Thanks! Just ordered!

 

[Spandangler]

Probably best you just sell it to me
Oooooooooooh Yeeeeaaaaaahhhhhhh

 

[Paul]

Bulb remover - On of "those" things i never knew i needed until i had one

 

[M4carp]

Bulb remover - On of "those" things i never knew i needed until i had one

I realised that last night when Alan mentioned it and ordered one
Can be really annoying trying to grip some lamps.

 

[Paul]

Even more annoying is when you need a pair of scissors and think you have some, only to find it's a bulb remover

 

[Jay Walker]

Bally electro-mechanical games often had lamps under the top arch of the playfield, with coloured sleeves fitted. Usually red or green. A bulb removal tool consisted of a wooden dowel with one of these sleeves fitted tightly to it, tighter than it fitted to a bulb. Handy for lamps in a back-box insert board, which at the time were often recessed into tiny spaces, e.g for match number or ball in play indication.