My Haunted House is fully LED. Green frosted GI. Even around basement window that uses the solenoid voltage, CT sells those in white and I put green condoms on them. No issues at all.

#7 10 years ago

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blownfuse

In Memoriam

Climate Controlled Sfba, CA

12y 69,550 2,986 70

There is no ghosting/flickering with System 1/80/80A/80B games because they don't use a light matrix like other systems do. Here's the latest of my games to get my LED treatment (sorry if you've seen this already).

Steve

#8 10 years ago

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Tsskinne

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11y 138K 6,878 14

Do they need to be non-ghosting bulbs or can I just use cheaper ones?

#9 10 years ago

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blownfuse

In Memoriam

Climate Controlled Sfba, CA

12y 69,550 2,986 70

I believe you can use the cheaper LED's on all Gottlieb's up to System 3 without issues, I make my own LED lighting for my games and as you can see in the short video I posted, they work fine. The ghosting/flickering seems to be confined to any system that uses a light matrix to run them. I don't have any System 3 games so I don't know if they use a light matrix or not.

Steve

#10 10 years ago

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Tsskinne

Tommy's Pins

11y 138K 6,878 14

Thanks

#11 10 years ago

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FrankJ

Pinside member

Fremont, WI

11y 62,300 1,400 10

Put Ablaze in my Surfin' Safari and they all ghosted. I'm waiting for non-ghosting to arrive.

#12 10 years ago

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blownfuse

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Climate Controlled Sfba, CA

12y 69,550 2,986 70

That would make sense to me, Surfin' Safari is a System 3 and I thought Gottlieb may have converted to a light matrix at that time.

Steve

Quoted from FrankJ:
Put Ablaze in my Surfin' Safari and they all ghosted. I'm waiting for non-ghosting to arrive.

#13 10 years ago

BMT

Pintoxicated

Pinside member

Table Top

11y 33,150 281 17

LEDs are great for the inserts in these older games, really makes them pop. Same goes with the backbox in areas you want to highlight. I use #47s for the GI to maintain the original look.

#14 10 years ago

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Gerry

Inactive member

Syracuse, NY

11y 66,900 3,808 26

Steve is right on the 80, 80A, and 80B's... I have had No ghosting issues with those systems.. i only have 1 SYS3, and havent tried that one yet..

#15 10 years ago

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pinster68

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Asbury Park, NJ

13y 114K 4,338 10 33

Quoted from blownfuse:
I believe you can use the cheaper LED's on all Gottlieb's up to System 3 without issues, I make my own LED's for my games and as you can see in the short video I posted, they work fine. The ghosting/flickering seems to be confined to any system that uses a light matrix to run them. I don't have any System 3 games so I don't know if they use a light matrix or not.
Steve

How does one make their own LEDs? Do share.....

#16 10 years ago

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blownfuse

In Memoriam

Climate Controlled Sfba, CA

12y 69,550 2,986 70

LOL. Oye! After reading what I wrote, I corrected the post I made in haste.

Steve

Quoted from pinster68:
How does one make their own LEDs? Do share.....

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