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Fun with LED Lamps in Philco Sets
Eliot Ness
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02-04-2013, 11:22 AM
Interesting findings. The two benefits I hope to see with the 44/47 replacements are greater dial illumination and eliminating burns on those large dials that Arran mentioned earlier.

One possible issue I see is the angle of the bulbs I bought. I'll have to experiment but I suspect they will work best for sets where the bulb is facing the dial, but the lens they use at Pinball Life offers between 170 and 120 degrees of diffusion (concave and flat top).

http://www.pinballlife.com/index.php?p=product&id=1881

I also have some retro's, super brights, and ultra brights in both cool and warm white to experiment with from Coin Taker:

http://shop.cointaker.com/category.sc?categoryId=150

A side benefit mentioned in earlier threads is the smaller current draw of the LED's being a little kinder to our 80 year old transformer windings.
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RE: Fun with LED Lamps in Philco Sets - by Arran - 02-03-2013, 12:51 AM
RE: Fun with LED Lamps in Philco Sets - by morzh - 02-03-2013, 01:30 PM
RE: Fun with LED Lamps in Philco Sets - by Arran - 02-03-2013, 09:46 PM
RE: Fun with LED Lamps in Philco Sets - by Eliot Ness - 02-04-2013, 11:22 AM
RE: Fun with LED Lamps in Philco Sets - by AI2V - 02-04-2013, 01:00 PM
RE: Fun with LED Lamps in Philco Sets - by awc71 - 02-06-2013, 05:16 PM



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