Does anyone have a recommendation for a very bright LED #555 bulb? I want to do a better job of lighting the inside of my ringmaster on a CV machine. I switched to the purple version of the RM, which I really like, but the darker color blocks out more light than the default green one. At the time of writing this, I've tested a #555 I purchased from autozone, and it's actually more dim than the incandescent. :/.

Just ordered a few of these because of the product code . Awesome! Thank you all for the suggestions!

Ok, so I got the bulbs and they are awesome…for five minutes :/. I put one in, and started playing. It was working perfectly, then all of the sudden it was dim. So, I took the ringmaster apart and put another one in, worked great…five minutes of playing later, it is dim?

This makes zero sense to me. I feel like the incandescent bulb was doing the same thing. Does anyone know what could cause this?

Here is a picture with a purple light that I thought looked pretty cool.

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So the manual just lists the bulb, and the socket. I can try to get a meter on it in a little bit.

It also says "2" which is clearly untrue as the printed diagram of the ringmaster only shows one.

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Nope, there aren't even two bulbs. This must be a misprint because later in the manual they illustrate the RM with only one bulb.

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Bingo...that's why this never worked for me! Someone put a #555 in there, and it was burnt out after I received the machine. I've been changing it and trying to fix it over and over, just to realize I'm using the wrong damn bulb!

I put in an incandescent #906, and it has been working ever since. Now I need to find the brigtest #906 LED bulb .

Thanks for calling that out, I don't know why I didn't notice it.