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Didn't like LED GI, got an idea

By Balint

14 years ago



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    #1 14 years ago
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    Balint

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    15y 58,300 103 13 75

    I got my led package yesterday from pinballcenter.eu. They have the flicker free ones, I used them before for inserts and they are great. Now I have the GI lights. Changed that yesterday, and I think I will never get used to the color.
    So I had an idea, and it works. I left one regular bulb out of every 3 places under the plastics. So it gives the old GI color, but saves energy and makes less heat. For under the ramps and the slings, I left the bulbs. Now it looks a lot like before, but half of the GI, all of the inserts and the translite is led.
    I'm happy with this, thought I'd share it

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    #2 14 years ago
     
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    IceHill

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    SI Ljubljana

    14y 43,150 255 1 40

    Thats great! Post some pics for us to see

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    #3 14 years ago
     
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    plugger

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    AU Kenmore

    14y 8,650 77 1

    Did you use "cool white" (standard white) or "warm white" LEDs for the GI?

    The trick to use an incandescent to mix in some wamer tones with an otherwise harsh non-incandescant source is a good one -- I use it around the house to soften the effect of fluorescent lights.

    I agree that brighter and whiter is not necessarily better for many situations. I've also got a mix of LED and incandescents on my game at the moment.

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    #4 14 years ago
     
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    HELLODEADCITY

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    15y 72,650 5,822 8

    Those are some good ideas,
    I'm going to try that

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    #5 14 years ago
     
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    Brokedad

    Retired Pinside hero

    14y 3,138

    I'm still to re-do a machine in LED's. Keep up the posts and your experiences please. It will help those like me make good decisions.

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