Quoted from J85M:
But don't LEDs like cointakers supers and ultras use as much of not more than incandescents? I remember someone saying their ultras have the same or more draw than incandescents.

There are a few LEDs that get hot (usually they have 5 or so chips on them), but you don't really want a bunch of super bright LEDs on most games.

You might need supers for the pop bumpers because the replacement bodies are not as translucent as the ones you may have taken out. You might need a super in the dark corner of a game like WH2O (and a blue super at that).

For inserts, the cheap .35 cent ones from pinball life are great.

For the backbox not to look totally washed out, the Warm Whites from Cointaker are really nice. They are pretty bright, so you might skip a few sockets.

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Quoted from DrainO:
I was looking at these. The Getaway I have already had LED in the GI, and I was considering going this route for the inserts and controlled lamps. Any reason not to, or should I just stick with the kit from CT?

It can save you money doing your own.

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Quoted from J85M:
As For those cheap leds you mention using in inserts, don't those cheap .35 cent LEDs from pinball life ghost and strobe in inserts though?

I don't see them ghosting, but you can't use them as GI in some games that have the strobe light effect (like WH2O).

I was using the .35 cent LEDs in all the inserts and incandescents for the GI, but lately I've been using the Premium 2 LED, NON-GHOSTING LEDs from CT and they don't strobe in GI. The heads break off on these all the time, so have some crazy glue on hand:

http://shop.cointaker.com/category.sc;jsessionid=33FF4D582627F4C91A0BC3D4F214309F.qscstrfrnt01?categoryId=193

The Premium 2 LED, NON-GHOSTING are too bright for inserts, better to just use the cheap ones for that.

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Quoted from Wolfmarsh:
He ain't kidding about the heads breaking off.

I had a bunch break in shipping, and a bunch more snap off during install.

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