http://www.amazon.com/Blue-Waterproof-Flexible-Light-Strip/dp/B006O66YOK/ref=sr_1_2

Save your money and just hot glue this to the bottom of your game and wire it to 12V. You can also wire it to a flasher if you want it to be controlled.

Can these be hooked up directly to 12V in the game without buying a transformer etc? Even the Q and A at Amazon does not seem clear on this.

Just wire to 12v DC and gnd. I buy the 16ft rolls off Amazon and cut to desired length.

I've got one from Pinball Life I never used. It plugs into the molex by the coinbox on a Stern to Power Up.
Here's a picture of it, let me know if you want it.

Kevin

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i will be making kits very soon, remote control and everything, plug for the 12 volts, kit will come with a free 12V/5V splitter harness so if you have another mod (or in the future) you'll be ok.

the price will be almost 50% cheaper.

I've been looking to get a red one of these for my TOM - $25:

Stern: http://ksarcade.net/under-the-cabinet-led-lighting-sternws.html
B/W: http://ksarcade.net/under-the-cabinet-led-lighting.html

Choose from six colors: red, green, blue, white, amber or violet

Much cheaper, and more fun to make them yourself IMO.

that's a lot of money for not even 2 feets of leds.
easy to find for $5/$8

and red is the hardest color to see/pop, you need a lot of leds at least about 8 feets, 4 feets on each side, minimum.

My biggest problem is that I'm a newbie and every time I try to wire something up, I screw something else up. So I am looking for something that is plug-and-play. Those Amazon LEDs look like a good option, but I wouldn't know how/where to wire them.

How easy will your kits be for plugging-and-playing to a B/W like my TOM?

Thanks!

P.S. I agree with you on needing more that 2 feet of red LEDs.

you have a nice collection for a newbie.
if you get/find a kit all you need to do is find the 12 v plug in your cabinet (normally on the right side of the coin box/where the ac plug is).

Bally/Williams do but have the side connector.

yeah it's there in that area.

Thats why I used to like the red cathode ones from Pinballife. They really showed up well for two tubes about 14" long each. But he does not have them anymore. I need more red ones. Thanks for the info on the strips though. With being able to wire them in directly it would be pretty cheap to just put 3 strips of 4ft ones on the bottom.