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I did this mod recently. It was a fun little project and lights the buttons up just as well as the expensive kits. Make sure to use the flex LEDs because with them you can direct the light to get maximum effect without much light bleeding up the sides toward the player's face.
Quoted from aobrien5:They aren't easily reversible though, right? If you remove one, the wire is clipped or crimped, or damaged in some way, right?
It should only affect the insulation a tiny bit.
Quoted from Fifty:Just solder it back on. LEDs can take a bit of abuse.
It is so junky it is not worth fixing.
Quoted from billsfanmd:Did not read entire thread but how do you connect to stern door sockets. Lug not exposed and wire from cab is a connector so no place to solder?
See post #91. There are various connectors available that splice through the insulation.
I like this one:
Quoted from ryanwanger:Sorry to bump this, but we've put this stuff together for you at Comet Pinball as a kit using our Matrix products (meaning: no soldering required). In our case, we give you a bulb with a connector that goes into your coin door, and that provides power to the bulbs that illuminate the buttons. There is a quick video on our page showing how to install them. It's really easy.
http://www.cometpinball.com/product-p/kit-lit-button.htm
Normally we have RGB color changing as an option, but those have been selling pretty well so we ran out! Expecting to be restocked on those in a few weeks.
Nice work and a very fair/reasonable price. I have done my own already but would probably go with your kit in the future to reduce the install time.
Just and FYI: I believe if anybody wanted this for their WOZ they would need 12 volt LEDs. I used a little step down 12V to 6 V transformer board to power RGB flipper LEDs on my WOZ.
Quoted from ryanwanger:This is true. We do have 12v bulbs, but we don't have any 12v flex in 555 socket size, and flex is really key.
Mind sharing what you used? Maybe that's something we can add.
There are many choices on the internet. I see them ranging from $1 to around $8. Ebay has a bunch. Here is a picture of the one I used:
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