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EnerGI Maestro - LED GI Smoother (for Data East)

By caker137

9 years ago


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“Would you buy a smoother kit for your Data East Pinball?”

  • Definitely! 73 votes
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  • Possibly. 42 votes
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  • Heck yeah, more than one! 18 votes
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#318 6 years ago

Well I think I might be the guy who bought the last one! Received it Wednesday, finally have time to post my review, installed in a Lethal Weapon 3

I love it! Installation was pretty easy, except some phillips head screws would have been a little easier to mount

I rewired the backbox lighting so one string is the Lethal Weapon lights (red frosted) and programmed those to max brightness the entire time, so they never shut off. The other string is the rest of backbox (normal white frosted) and set a quick ramp/fade rate so they still blink, but not as strobe-y as they were without it. Now one string is 12 sockets (with 10 used) and the other string is 24 sockets (with about 22 used). I figure the imbalance is fine since the current draw is now so much lower

Playfield GI is set like the white in the backbox, so I didn't capture that on video. The white light in the top right of the backbox is a reflection. It was late by the time I got done installing.

#320 6 years ago
Quoted from caker137:

Nice idea! I like how the title stays on steady. BTW - 1/4" nut driver. Even easier than phillips. 1/4 is used all over pinball machines. Get it. Love it.

Oh I’ve got a full set of nut drivers, but not for my drill and my drill was too large to drill pilot holes in the right places. Wood was a little stiff to do it by hand (also I was impatient and eager to install!)

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#342 6 years ago
Quoted from caker137:

Here's a question I was wondering about: how many of you tweak the programmed timing and levels on your EnerGI Maestro, and how many of you just leave it at factory default settings? I'd love to know, so post and share if you like!
Craig

I posted the video before, but I'll reiterate my settings.

I rewired the backbox to feature the title of the game (Lethal Weapon 3) and I have that string on full all the time. I have the rest of the backback lighting down a bit to reduce glare.

I had the playfield up and down fade slowed down but I factory reset the board recently and haven't adjusted the fade settings again. I recently got a PinSound board and on this machine it actually affects the GI blinking. There are 3 selectable songs and the GI used to flash in time with them, but the PinSound board doesn't do that. Apparently its tied to the ROM/orginal soundboard because those still work fine. This was where the LED lack of fade was most noticeable, so without that happening, stock settings seem to be fine.

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