ACDC 161 flasher swapout to LEDs

[MartyJ]

This morning I swapped out the standard 161 flashers on my ACDC to the LED 161 flashers.  I am impressed with the difference and the LED is so bright (camera does not pick up very well) it will literally blind you like welding flash if you stare at it.

Thanks to Greg (RTBB) for getting them in and listing on his site.
Available at http://www.rtbb.com.au/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=3201&osCsid=0dd88b32d20038cd80634e8417637a88

I took a quick video (not up to Pete / Gorgar's standard) but you get the idea.

[pinnies4me]

Neat! I am not sold on LEDS for everything, but they are a great, easy to do mod for many applications.

Starting to LED the house lights, inspired by pinball!!

[ddstoys]

Nice let me know how well they stay in the sockets?  If they stay in I'll have to get some the ones I got heir jumping out grrr

[pinnies4me]

Nice let me know how well they stay in the sockets?  If they stay in I'll have to get some the ones I got heir jumping out grrr

Had the same issue with some I got early on - the base seems to have a slight taper to it, so they come loose. Really stupid design flaw. The versions RTBB have are different and don't have this issue, must be different manufacturer.

[Retropin]

Starting to LED the house lights, inspired by pinball!!

Good luck with that.. unless you are replacing Dichroic down lights youd be throwing your money away..

20W CCFL.. $3.50 from Bunnings.. light output 1500 Lumens
16.6W LED bulb.. draws 20W +/- 10%... $30.. light output 900 Lumens

[MartyJ]

Nice let me know how well they stay in the sockets?  If they stay in I'll have to get some the ones I got heir jumping out grrr

No issues thus far with either the LED 161's or the standard 161s popping out.

However you may be hitting the targets a lot more than me..   

[GORGAR 1]

Looks good Marty like Daniel my LED'S ended up jumping out the sockets and hiding under the ramps lol so I've put the large normal flashers back maybe Greg's are better? your movie making isnt to bad so don't be so hard on yourself

Peter

[Replay]

I put 3leds behind the lighthing bolts, and yes they do work there way out. I bent the contact
wire out a bit on each side and they seem to stay in a lot better. Also adjusted the middle bracket
so the light sits a little to the side of the lightning bolt.

Led strip next hooked to the pop bumper flashes, cheap, easy and very effective

[MartyJ]

Looks good Marty like Daniel my LED'S ended up jumping out the sockets and hiding under the ramps lol so I've put the large normal flashers back maybe Greg's are better? your movie making isnt to bad so don't be so hard on yourself

Peter

Did you have 161's or 906's in yours Pete?

Anyway it got a good workout today, actually managed to hit the targets a handful of times over about 15 games and no globes popping out.  The LEDs are a nice snug fit.

[GORGAR 1]

Looks good Marty like Daniel my LED'S ended up jumping out the sockets and hiding under the ramps lol so I've put the large normal flashers back maybe Greg's are better? your movie making isnt to bad so don't be so hard on yourself

Peter

Did you have 161's or 906's in yours Pete?

Anyway it got a good workout today, actually managed to hit the targets a handful of times over about 15 games and no globes popping out.  The LEDs are a nice snug fit.

Yeah I had 906's in to be honest I've never heard of 161's?

Peter

[Richyrich]

Looks good Marty

I used the 3LEDs,but these look much better

[GORGAR 1]

How are these LED's going Marty? have they popped out or stayed put

Peter

[MartyJ]

Hi Pete,

Nup, stayed in 100%.  I think I've even hit the targets a few times too.

As far as I'm aware 906's are not designed to go into those particular lamp sockets.  Although the voltages are close (between a 161 & 906) the sockets are different.  That is more likely the reason the 906's were popping out.

I gave a set to Richy Rich so hopefully he had a similar result.

[GORGAR 1]

Cheers mate yeah i think your right I'll order some now from Greg :-)

Peter

[Richyrich]

Hi Pete,

Nup, stayed in 100%.  I think I've even hit the targets a few times too.

As far as I'm aware 906's are not designed to go into those particular lamp sockets.  Although the voltages are close (between a 161 & 906) the sockets are different.  That is more likely the reason the 906's were popping out.

I gave a set to Richy Rich so hopefully he had a similar result.

They look great and stay in,no probs
Cheers Marty