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Starting My First LED Swap - Questions from A Beginner...

By bbddpp

4 years ago


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#22 4 years ago

If you are unsure of which white to go with, my suggestion is buy some samples of each. Put them in easy to reach areas like slings and compare. I used to like cool white but now sunlight for gi. Sunlight is perfect balance of having some warmth without being too yellow. However, some people may prefer warm white. It's all personal preference. Buy some other colored bulbs to test inserts but safe bet is color match all inserts except yellow and orange. Use warm white for those.

What I do to led a game is basically make a spreadsheet of every insert and count bulbs for gi/backbox. I make note of base type, color, and lens for each bulb. Any visible bulb and ones in backbox frosted lens and clear everywhere else. I use flex head leds for inserts where bulbs do not reach well and brighter bulbs for large inserts. 2smd for gi and 1smd for inserts my preference. Backbox tricky to light since different for every game. Some dark some too bright. Once I get my list, I order just the right bulbs with a few extras just in case. I also do a lot of custom lighting and Comet Matrix stuff is awesome. I also suggest looking into the ocd boards. I started using them and cannot recommend them enough.

#36 4 years ago
Quoted from bbddpp:

JawJaw, what games you got spreadsheets for? I admire this level of OCD.
I saw the LED OCD and it looks like a must for TZ - Not sure if I'll run into that on my AFM, Whirlwind or Teed Off but I'll have to look and see which games are susceptible. Once I see it I won't be able to unsee it.
I placed an order today, with all the quarantine stuff going on it's a great time to work on my pins and also relaxing in a weird way. I don't have any rubbing alcohol for the inserts but have some Novus 1 around that maybe will do the job. I'd go buy rubbing alcohol but, well, you know...

They are more like hand written notes than anything ocd level. I don't know how else to do it to make sure you buy the right bulbs and not waste money on bulbs I don't need. I do own a TZ and that one was tough. I recommend getting a lot of flex head leds for inserts in that game, especially for the upper pf. When space is tight, sometimes bulb sockets are at a weird angle and don't an insert as well as others. Flex heads great for this and also help prevent light bleeding to other close inserts. This is the kind of stuff I like to plan out instead of just buying a ton of bulk bulbs.

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