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I dig these! Would definitely grab some to try out.
Here's a crazy idea...
Would it be possible to design these with thru-hole solder points, then attach pins. Then you could crimp and stuff the lamp wires into housings to create a solderless connection?
Sounds like more work than is perhaps necessary. But maybe has some advantages?
Quoted from dyopp21:I know some people are scared of soldering, but these are SO simple to solder with the large pads. A solderless connection, I feel, would open you back up to a problematic connection over the long run. There IS an empty through hole connection and a surface mount connection for those that want to add resistors etc. in parallel to the bulb to stop flickering on the original Bally boards.
For sure. I agree soldering is still best, just throwing a dumb idea out there 
I recall from a previous post that you added the thru-holes for the resistor, thought that was a nice touch. Looking forward to trying these out!
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