• Colored LEDs

    From Dan Espen@dan1espen@gmail.com to rec.games.pinball on Friday, April 10, 2020 10:26:59
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    So, I've had this EM AZTEC for 30 or 40 years.
    AZTEC has a set of 5 targets for the 5 letters
    in AZTEC which light 2 banks of lights that spell AZTEC.
    So, all told, AZTEC in lights 3 times.

    So, years ago I got some stained glass paint and colored the bulbs
    in AZTEC so that the A was one color, Z another, etc. That looked
    pretty good.

    So, last week, I finally ordered 15 LEDs in 5 colors:

    RED
    GREEN
    ORANGE
    BLUE
    PURPLE

    They look FANTASTIC!

    I'm thinking of a 6th color for the Double Bonus lights.

    When I tried to order the bulbs I found some web sites better than
    others for ordering. I ended up using Pinball Life:

    https://www.pinballlife.com/ablaze-premium-ghost-buster-1-smd-led-4447-bayonet-base-lamp-with-frosted-dome.html

    I read about the ghost busting and the benefits of the frosted dome.
    Very happy with what I got.

    I've tried to take pictures, but so far it looks like a good exposure on
    one color, gives a washed out exposure on another color.

    Still, I'm very happy with the results.
    This is a really easy upgrade with a huge payout.

    --
    Dan Espen
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  • From Ric Coder@riccoder@gmail.com to rec.games.pinball on Wednesday, March 10, 2021 19:01:19
    From Newsgroup: rec.games.pinball

    On Friday, April 10, 2020 at 7:27:04 AM UTC-7, Dan Espen wrote:
    So, I've had this EM AZTEC for 30 or 40 years.
    AZTEC has a set of 5 targets for the 5 letters
    in AZTEC which light 2 banks of lights that spell AZTEC.
    So, all told, AZTEC in lights 3 times.

    So, years ago I got some stained glass paint and colored the bulbs
    in AZTEC so that the A was one color, Z another, etc. That looked
    pretty good.

    So, last week, I finally ordered 15 LEDs in 5 colors:

    RED
    GREEN
    ORANGE
    BLUE
    PURPLE

    They look FANTASTIC!

    I'm thinking of a 6th color for the Double Bonus lights.

    When I tried to order the bulbs I found some web sites better than
    others for ordering. I ended up using Pinball Life:

    https://www.pinballlife.com/ablaze-premium-ghost-buster-1-smd-led-4447-bayonet-base-lamp-with-frosted-dome.html

    I read about the ghost busting and the benefits of the frosted dome.
    Very happy with what I got.

    I've tried to take pictures, but so far it looks like a good exposure on
    one color, gives a washed out exposure on another color.

    Still, I'm very happy with the results.
    This is a really easy upgrade with a huge payout.

    --
    Dan Espen
    Yea just put some in mine but moved somehting on the stepper unit. Now A relay stays engaged and ball stays 2 play. Ahhh but them LED's look great.
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  • From Dan Espen@dan1espen@gmail.com to rec.games.pinball on Thursday, March 11, 2021 06:30:27
    From Newsgroup: rec.games.pinball

    Ric Coder <riccoder@gmail.com> writes:

    On Friday, April 10, 2020 at 7:27:04 AM UTC-7, Dan Espen wrote:
    So, I've had this EM AZTEC for 30 or 40 years. AZTEC has a set of 5
    targets for the 5 letters in AZTEC which light 2 banks of lights that
    spell AZTEC. So, all told, AZTEC in lights 3 times.

    So, years ago I got some stained glass paint and colored the bulbs in
    AZTEC so that the A was one color, Z another, etc. That looked pretty
    good.

    So, last week, I finally ordered 15 LEDs in 5 colors:

    RED GREEN ORANGE BLUE PURPLE

    They look FANTASTIC!

    I'm thinking of a 6th color for the Double Bonus lights.

    When I tried to order the bulbs I found some web sites better than
    others for ordering. I ended up using Pinball Life:

    https://www.pinballlife.com/ablaze-premium-ghost-buster-1-smd-led-4447-bayonet-base-lamp-with-frosted-dome.html

    I read about the ghost busting and the benefits of the frosted dome.
    Very happy with what I got.

    I've tried to take pictures, but so far it looks like a good exposure
    on one color, gives a washed out exposure on another color.

    Still, I'm very happy with the results. This is a really easy
    upgrade with a huge payout.

    Yea just put some in mine but moved somehting on the stepper unit.
    Now A relay stays engaged and ball stays 2 play. Ahhh but them LED's
    look great.

    Still have the LEDs, they still look great.
    Just 2 days ago I finally got around to adjusting and cleaning the bonus stepper unit so that all the bonus lights go on during play.
    Just had to move the outer arm a little bit and clean the contacts.

    I don't see how lights are going to stop a relay from working.
    --
    Dan Espen
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