Firepower II
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Quoted from yancy:Anyone know the name or part number for that little red tube diffuser that goes over the bulb under the ramp return, near the shooter lane?
Is it like these?
http://www.pbresource.com/lampcov/gtb-24410.jpg
If so I may have one. Mike
Quoted from yancy:Pretty sure it's factory:
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I'm pretty sure I have those I'll check tonight.
Quoted from ss-pinball:I have three sockets that need to be replaced and that is one of them.
I was thinking that I would just put a color changer in there.
This diffuser is a pretty cool idea.
Are these the same parts that Pinball Life (or was it Comet Pinball?) refers to as "condoms"?
No they are not. the "condom " is a silicone cap put directly on the bulb. These are plastic sleeves that actually slide down around the socket.
Quoted from Clytor:I realize this is a tall order but anyway...
I have a Hyperball head. They look similar.
Parts - Wanted
Firepower 2 back box light/display panel insert
New!
Wanted! “As stated”
4 hours ago
Richmond, VA
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Clytor
Well I finally came up with the drawing and test cut for a new speaker grill, with some help with a friend with a laser cutter. Just used some clear 1/4 " acrylic he had in stock.
It varies slightly from the factory in that the speaker opening is centered in the panel which lines it up perfectly with the screened art on the grill itself. The lightning bolts are all symmetrical unlike the factory piece which vary quite a bit. The finished piece would be 1/8" mirrored acrylic. Searched quite a bit to come up with a chromed version but couldn't find anything that could be lasered.
I'm testing coming up with a lit version. I need to get it lit to see how it will turn out. I think it will work pretty well.
Got the leds wired up and just kinda stuck it together to see how it looks.
The color is much more even than the pics show. I would also router a groove in the wood to recess the led strip into. I'm going to put this on my game. I'm not sure how the glare on the glass will be, I may wire a relay up to the flipper relay to turn it off when playing a game.
Well I finally have the speaker panel light in the game. It's hard to get a true pic of it lit.
In person the glare is about as much as you get from the bg. I'm going to put a relay tied to the flipper switch ground feed to turn it off when playing. I rewired the outlet in the cab to the game switch and plugged the ps for the leds into that. Everything is on connectors and can be swapped back to stock if desired. I'm getting power for the relay from the coil for the bell (waiting on a zener diode)
Quoted from mof:Looks like some horrific glare -- does it shut off during game play?
Did you bother reading my post?
Quoted from ss-pinball:I did. You know, this is one of those "I coulda had a V-8" moments for me...I know that there's an outlet in there. It NEVER occurred to me to actually use it for anything other than my lighted magnifier on an arm or a soldering iron.
F-ing brilliant psd4me
Thanks. I wanted this to work without any additional input so you don't have to think about it.
Quoted from swillie:Does your sound board have the ribbon cable connector? I might be factually inaccurate here but to my knowledge some of if not all of the system 7 sound boards do not have the connection on them for the small ribbon cable to connect to the speech board. You either need a system 6 sound board, or in my case I had a new aftermarket 6/7 sound board which had the needed connector or whatever you call it.
I added the connector to mine.
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