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bimm25e:

--- Quote from: pbj on July 22, 2014, 02:58:52 pm ---Hey, it's your machine.  Overthink this.  Rig in hacks.  Spend a lot of money.  Do what you want. 

 :cheers:

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 I jumped onto the "25 cents" bulbs, the lights are working okay,  but I feel like if I posted this on KLOV i'd get yelled at

pbj:
If they're always on, they're general illumination and 4 extra lights aren't going to do a thing to any of those strings.

If it's a Williams electronic game, I've bridged the traces together on the back of the driver board, soldered a thick braided wire across them, and connected that to the GI wires with a wire nut.   Much easier than replacing the wire connectors and you don't run the risk of ripping up a driver board to replace the male pins.  You go from smoldering connectors to a barely warm connection and it's very easily reversed if a future owner gets anal about it.

 :cheers:

bimm25e:

--- Quote from: pbj on July 22, 2014, 03:44:54 pm ---If they're always on, they're general illumination and 4 extra lights aren't going to do a thing to any of those strings.

If it's a Williams electronic game, I've bridged the traces together on the back of the driver board, soldered a thick braided wire across them, and connected that to the GI wires with a wire nut.   Much easier than replacing the wire connectors and you don't run the risk of ripping up a driver board to replace the male pins.  You go from smoldering connectors to a barely warm connection and it's very easily reversed if a future owner gets anal about it.

 :cheers:

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thanks for the advice, I'm still uneasy about leaving it this way but I certainly can't disagree with the results.presently

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