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Aussie Pinball Forums => General Discussion => Topic started by: phreak97 on February 05, 2020, 10:58:44 PM

Title: Fluorescent to LED conversion?
Post by: phreak97 on February 05, 2020, 10:58:44 PM

I’d like to find an LED tube to go in the original header sockets, there are some on ebay but I’m worried about just ending up with a bright line across the middle. Has anyone got any experience with cheap ebay ones?

Title: Re: Fluorescent to LED conversion?
Post by: Strangeways on February 07, 2020, 10:30:33 AM

Do you have a link to the tube ?

Title: Re: Fluorescent to LED conversion?
Post by: Toads on February 08, 2020, 09:18:05 AM

You will end up with a bright light through the center just like stern did.
What's the wattage of the original tube?

Title: Re: Fluorescent to LED conversion?
Post by: DallasJ on February 11, 2020, 09:32:24 AM

I’ve used the cool white led T8 tubes before, trick is to put them in backwards so the metal back is facing the translite. You then get the reflected light giving a lovely even lighting of the translite, without the bright center line. It worked great in my very dark Austin Powers