I wouldn't put anything in my expensive new pinball machine with a single one star review on Amazon and where the box is clearly assembled backward in the product photos. Is the GoT manual up? This sort of thing is certainly possible in theory, but the best way to do it will depend on how that LED is wired up.

You will need another 12 volt power supply that can be pluged into the service outlet. I wouldn't hook anything to the games LEDs without some sort of optoisolator in between.

If you look at the other pics the labels for the barrel jack are on the opposite side from the jack. I also seriously doubt there's any sort of voltage conversion in that thing so if you hooked up your 5v LED signal and added 12v power for your LED string you'd probably fry boards.

I second GRUMPY's advice that to be safe you'll want the signal isolated from the game. From that chart it looks like the LEDs are probably shared power (common anode) which is likely the opposite of what you'd need for an LED strip as well, so you may need some sort of basic logic conversion. In short you'll probably need some sort of little converter board rather than just added power.

Yes you can, but I would limit this to a 1/2 amp draw.

4N25 Search will show you data sheets and some easy DIY circuits.

The RGB amplifier you have pictured can pass 24 amps which is like 75 feet of LEDs rolls. If that is your plan then you need a separate power supply. I have used these before and they work great, I just use a computer P/S brick that puts out 20 amps.

The spliter you showed can safely run @ 18 inches of 5050 LEDs or @ 30 leds total. Anything more is not safe unless you run another P/S sized for the number of LEDs that want to run.

You need to know what the voltage is going to the game's LEDs first. That signal will feed to the 4n25 input thru a droping resistor to keep the current in check. This will turn on the 4n25 transistor output lighting the 30 led strip. You will need one 4n25 for each color. For example 1 red, 1 blue, and 1 green.

SPIKE games don't have the 3 pin (G, +5, +12) connection that all SAM System games had. So that splitter (alone) wouldn't work on a SPIKE game.

You would need a SPIKE 12v Power Adapter (which makes it so the SPIKE games do have the familiar SAM 3 pin connections) and then use that type of splitter.

http://www.pinballlife.com/index.php?p=product&id=3723

I'm running a 12v led 5050 strip for under cab lighting off my 12 connection plug to the right of the coin door (stern, non spike) probably around 10-12 ft. Is that not safe? Thought the led strips used very little power??

Each led uses very little current but 12 feet (225 leds) uses quite a bit of current. Are they flashing or on steady it makes a big difference. If it were me I would use power supply pluged into the service outlet, but I rather be safe than sorry.

They fade in and out. The problem with using the service outlet or power to the service outlet is its always hot, so I have to plug and unplug them all the time. I didn't use a splitter and wired directly to the ground and 12v wires going to the plug. I also have them on a 12v mini controller

I have moved the hot wire for the service outlet to the switch, it's much easier. I have six pins with undercab leds run off one controler (same as op pic) so all lights are the same color until I start a game. The pin that I start a game on then goes interactive with the game and back to the controler when the game is over.

I'm seeing 12V at this connector inside the coindoor. The pins are around the other way from the SAM one, but any problem using this?

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Shouldnt be, its the one to use. Put a meter on it to see how much power it puts out. Stern plugs have three wires, blk, red/gry and red for ground, 12v and 5v.

I'm not sure what you mean by that statement? Do you mean you HAVE tested it and it's +12vdc? Except, unlike the SAM games, the +12 is on the bottom and the GROUND is at the top (pointy end)?

I've never noticed that plug before, but if it's +12v and a ground....seems weird that Stern would make it the same plug as the SAM +12v plug but reverse it. I'd also wonder what it is for. I would think everything on the coin door runs from the Cabinet Node 1, but I don't see any grey / red wires listed in the manual for the Cabinet Node 1.

If it's +12....me and several other mod makers have overlooked it. Then again...if it's the same connection type with the wires reversed...maybe its for the best we stayed away to avoid confusion.

Can anyone with a US SPIKE game verify that US games have this harness also.....and what it is???

It's on my KISS premium. Flat end is gnd, middle is +5vDC, pointy end is +12vDC. My SAM games have gnd at the pointy end.
The harness is coming straight off the coin door node board, and only has those power cables in it. Probably just doing what the pinball life adapter is doing. Maybe they just started putting them in? And maybe they made them up backwards in error? That would be funny.

This outlet on the coin door is only in the Australian market. It was specifically requested by the Aussie distributor to accomodate local bill validators. Hence no one else seeing them. That clears that up.