Guns N' Roses
Data East, 1994I'm wondering where I can tap into 12V on my GNR pinball to supply the EL wires I'll be using on my ramps. I'm not as familiar with Data East power as I am with Stern and certainly am not an electrician.
Is there an easy way to tap into 12V on this pinball or a source that would be readily accessible?
So I assume a person would have to plug in a power supply to the AC outlet in the game?
Any other ways to wire this with this type of wiring?
but if you do that, it won't go off when you shut the game off. You can't run the EL wire off of the 6v GI line? Maybe the flashers are 25 volt, but then it would only work when the flasher was fired.
I don't know that they have a 6V inverter available or if it would give sufficient power.
I thought most games have 12V throughout the game but I don't have the tech knowledge to know which areas of the game might be 12V.
That would be somewhat silly to have to turn it off and on with the game however...
Crazily enough, I came across this article which details the work actually done on my GNR pinball to add lighting underneath! I'm just wondering if I could tap off of this 12V for my EL wiring in this case.
http://kcpins.com/archives/417
This might work as well...
http://www.dkpinball.com/DKWP/?page_id=601
Quoted from DrMark12PA:Crazily enough, I came across this article which details the work actually done on my GNR pinball to add lighting underneath! I'm just wondering if I could tap off of this 12V for my EL wiring in this case.
http://kcpins.com/archives/417
This is what you want. I added el wire to my Gnr ramps on my last Gnr and it was way too dim to notice. I'm going another route this time.
yup, EL wire looks great in a dim environment, but fails once you have a good GI lit up. I wonder if you overdrive them with 25 volts or something if it gets a lot brighter? might only last half as long, but it would look tits in the meantime, if it can handle it at all.
I'll be using basically the same wire that's used in the Tron ramp mods. I did order with Coolights and they already have them fabricated, tested, and said they are really bright with 12V source. I'm just looking to basically highlight the ramps a bit so they stick out slightly. As they come stock, the clear yellow and red just don't stand out as much though better than clear.
Quoted from CaptainNeo:yup, EL wire looks great in a dim environment, but fails once you have a good GI lit up. I wonder if you overdrive them with 25 volts or something if it gets a lot brighter? might only last half as long, but it would look tits in the meantime, if it can handle it at all.
Overdriving them will basically catch your inverters on fire.
Quoted from DrMark12PA:Crazily enough, I came across this article which details the work actually done on my GNR pinball to add lighting underneath! I'm just wondering if I could tap off of this 12V for my EL wiring in this case.
http://kcpins.com/archives/417
I tapped here for my cold cathode tube to light my snake in GnR and have had 0 issues.
Quoted from markmon:Overdriving them will basically catch your inverters on fire.
Figured as much. Sometimes you can get away with it, like the "laser" effects for computer cabinets. they can handle more without bursting into flames.
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