Indianapolis 500
Bally, 1995I bought a bunch of comet LEDs. I am pulling out the incandescent bulbs and putting 2SDM ones in. Odd thing is... sometimes the comet ones work and sometimes not. I will plug an incandescent one back in to test and it works but then the LED doesnt. Some work though. After got about 8 comet LEDs in and working... they all started to flicker (but not the incandescents) It isn't slight... it makes the backglass shake. These are 2SDM 2835 6.3V YT10 555. What's going on?
You need to adjust the connection on most leds. Just bend out the wires away from the bulb so they make better connection. You will need to turn dimming off in the menu. Game tries to turn voltage down on the gi during attract mode. LEDs do not dim so they will flicker bad.
There is now a section that wont take the LEDs. Just that section. Strange.
Is this the best game to use LEDs on? I noticed while I played that the backbox does dim (like you say) during moments of excitement. The dimming looks kinda cool.
Quoted from SDM0:There is now a section that wont take the LEDs. Just that section. Strange.
Is this the best game to use LEDs on? I noticed while I played that the backbox does dim (like you say) during moments of excitement. The dimming looks kinda cool.
Yes the lights dim. Comrt bulbs are very good but you always have to bend out the wires before putting in. See pic.
The groves are too deep and the wires don't touch the connector points.
20190209_213348 (resized).jpg20190209_213351 (resized).jpgthank you for the pictures. I have been bending the wires. But there is a patch of about 10 bulbs that will just not let the comets work. All other bulbs work in them (incandecents and some old crapy LEDs I have) but not the 2SDM comets.
Have you tried those 2smd bulbs in other sockets to see if they even work? Maybe bad batch of bulbs? I've ordered a bunch of bulbs from comet of all types including 2smd. Never had one bad. I do know that if you just put in the bulbs, many will not work because of bad connection. You have to bend the wires like in the pics posted by djshakes. Even then some need a little fiddling to get to work.
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