Hi.

I would like to make my own modest backbox lighting kit for a Stern SAM pinball. I realize such kits are available for sale from mod houses, but I'm more keen on making my own. I would be oh-so grateful if you would review my parts list below and suggest how I might actually wire/power the sockets.

1. "Splitter" board to provide power:

https://www.pinballlife.com/index.php?p=product&id=4234

2. "Insert panel" to hold the sockets behind the translite:

http://bayareaamusements.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=GS-MM03-9419-50059

3. A fistful of wedge sockets:

https://www.pinballlife.com/index.php?p=product&id=283

(Note: these are "twist-in," but it's not clear to me how they affix themselves to the panel - or if they do at all!)

4. 6.3V wedge-base bulbs

I can install the sockets easily enough (I'm assuming), but what I'm not clear on is just how I would wire them. Can I "daisy chain" them and patch several to a single connector on the above auxiliary board? (Yeah, I'm a novice when it comes to electrical theory.) Just how many bulbs can be powered by a single 6.3V connector? Constant-on is fine; I don't need GI integration. When the game is turned on, the lighted panel should be on. Nothing fancy.

Thanks for reading my post and for any suggestions you might have!

Thanks for your referral, Cotton. In fact I was *not* intending to use LED strips, but I can learn a thing or two nonetheless by reading this thread, in particular about power/wiring. My hope was to use some of Comet's "Flame" bulbs to make the translite glow like fire, etc.

I'm sorry: Latenite!! And thank you, Grumpy, for pointing out my misunderstanding re: twist-in sockets! Most helplful!

And to you, Vid: thanks for your input re: bright translites.

Oof.

Boy, do I have some work to do!

That DIY LED backbox kit is one ambitious project!

Hats off to the OP for all that work to photograph/explain the process!

Wow!

Am I up to it? Honestly, I'm not sure.

Thank you, Latenite, nonetheless for the link.