Never had a problem with these sockets and I run multiple route games with incandescent lamps that are powered up 24/7 lol...
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Quoted from Rarehero:I would recommend the electric tape thing or a dab of silicone caulk for the bulbs in the spotlights though....those WILL vibrate out - but once you secure them in with a bit of silicone, they won't go anywhere.
any link to these electrical tape threads? I've tried searching in vain...
Conyers, GA
Quoted from lowepg:I did this mod to reduce the bulb SDTM issues....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=SKm5xQyD2vE
This is what I posted in the other thread:
Bend the wires on the bulb out of the way and put electrical tape on the bottom portion of the bulb. Bend the wires back into place and install. It won't come out again.
I will add to this statment. I cut the electrical tape so it is the width of the socketed portion of the bulb. I start with the tape on one side of the bulb and it wrap it around the bottom of the bulb and up the other side. Although it probably works fine, I don't wrap the tape around the bulb like the picture in the other thread. If you wrap the tape under the bulb like I explained, the tape will probably stay in place better when installing the bulb in the socket.
Quoted from Crash:I maintain 20 year old beat Bally/Williams games and have NEVER had this trouble.
When AC/DC is 20 years old, all it's problems will be tended to as well,
and it will be trouble free too.
Quoted from DNO:When AC/DC is 20 years old, all it's problems will be tended to as well,
and it will be trouble free too.
Yeah that's the thing, Stern's issues involve fried boards, clearcoat issues, etc. that shouldn't happen right out of the box. I can understand if it's several years old with a few hundred thousand games on it. On top of that when you use poor playfield design with details that go against proven methods, you're asking for trouble.
I did the whole tape thing on the bulbs, tightening up the pinchers on the factory bulb socket etc, and still lost the same bulb five times from the sling. I finally used the hot glue solution and all is fine.
The physical size of the LED 555 bulb base is somewhat different from the old glass 555 bulbs. Unfortunately Stern has not changed the design of their sockets to reflect that change, hence we are all losing LED bulbs now.
If you lose one more than once try the electrical tape cure. If you loose it again go right to the hot glue solution to make your life easier.
Quoted from LindaN:I will definitely look that up.... sounds like something my husband should do.. am a little surprised that he needs to put electrical tape on a several thousand dollar machine.. this won't make him happy...
I've seen that too... but didn't think much of it... will it get worse?
Do you all think that this is just normal from shipping and everything needs to be tightened down? He can do that.....
The first thing you should do after you get your machine set up is go through the backbox and make sure all your board connectors are secure and that none have rattled loose during shipping. Check your dmd connections also.
Quoted from Frax:Flynnibus, are you serious?
44s and 555s pull the same amount of current. The connector would burn either way.
One ingredient does not make a cake... nor a design that fails over time. It's not the bulb type that caused the burnt connectors - but how many.
Someone claimed B/W had this all figured out and flawless.. yetmany Williams games GI circuits burn up their boards over time. Not because of 555 vs 44.. but the load on the GI circuits (too many bulbs!)
Quoted from mcc:Throw the shakers in and have a blast!
Thank you all for so much help! You guys are the best. My husband just installed the Shaker on the ACDC. He is a perfectionist so he had to run the wiring perfectly and tie everything up... Am getting ready to play it.. at least this time he didn't have the balls falling out of the machine thanks to my advice to him to remove them first... couldn't have done it without everyone here at pinside. He will do the Tron tomorrow. Going to play my machines now. Thanks for everyones help..
A SMALL dab of super glue on the bulb base then put the light back in the socket, should solve that issue.. can you take a picture of the missing screws and I will compare to my Showroom floor AC/DC.
Not sure if you got your machine from us if you did please send me an email, you do have a defective display and it will need to be replaced to fix that line.
Pinball Machines always need a little work, other than the possible missing screws most of this sounds minor, and any of us on pinside should be able to help you out.
JJ
Quoted from Mudflaps:My ACDC DMD did the same thing -- I contacted my distro, Stern sent me a new one, I replaced it.
As far as the 555 bulbs popping out, use hot glue. Put a small dab of hot glue directly on the bulb and replace it. Problem solved. Enjoy your new game!
Same here too. Dim column on the dmd appeared sporadically and then just stayed. Stern sent me a new dmd with zero hassle.
I had a couple of bulbs drop on mine too. Good thing I turned off the game before they fell into the trough. I used the electrical tape method and neither bulb has come free yet...
I had a LED from the slingshot join the other 4 balls during my highest scoring 1st ball multiball on the game. Once I realized it was a LED, I decided to just go ahead and play it. Gotta say they are pretty durable.
Quoted from Ballsofsteel:tron. you won't be playing that with the AC/DC next to it...
Now that you mentioned it... I really do like Tron alot... Shaker or No Shaker....
Shaker will be tomorrow anyway...
Linda
Quoted from Rick432:What are people using/where are they buying replacement LEDs for ACDC.
I'm missing a couple whites (at least I THINK the trough is empty...) and a red is out.
The LED bulbs for AC/DC were supplied by cointaker.com. You can get exact replacements there. You should order 10 of each color so you have spares in the future.
That's not really considered breaking. Bulbs/LED's are just things that get flaky. If you want to own machines you need to learn quickly how to maintain them. It's not difficult. Lots of reading, watching repair videos and asking lots of questions and you'll be able to fix most machine in about a months time.
Quoted from The_Gorilla:It sounds like you need to raise one of the front legs. That way, the bulb will fall into a slingshot and you won't lose it
Ha, Ha, Ha,,, that was so funny!... Truth is my husband had read how to properly set these pinball machines up and how we are supposed to buy a 'proper' level from Lowe's and accurately set these properly , left & right, up & down, and .. blah, blah, blah...
But Truly,, he set them up straight out of the box,, didn't level anything,, and at this point it doesn't matter to me.... we are having too much fun!
(but I will have him do it right eventually.. 
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Quoted from LindaN:Truth is my husband had read how to properly set these pinball machines up and how we are supposed to buy a 'proper' level from Lowe's and accurately set these properly , left & right, up & down, and .. blah, blah, blah...
Or just download the Smartphone App, XClinonometer. 
Quoted from Patofnaud:Or just download the Smartphone App, XClinonometer
OK,... so is this for real?... if so I will download it... other than that what level from the home fix it store should I buy? I am not familiar with a level for a pinball machine...
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