coin door light hack

[reebboy]

I'm looking for a cheap and easy way to light up my old Midway coin door. I tried cutting down a string of x-mas lights down to 2 lights but as I figured when I plugged it in, it blew the lights. I assume I need a resistor or something in series with the string to reduce the amperage.

How do I go about resolving this problem of blowing bulbs. Or what other suggestions ya'all may have for a cheap 110V light system.

 

[SirPeale]

Wire the lights right to your PCs powers supply.

[Santoro]

It's been discussed quite a bit here.

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[Ken Layton]

Does your door already have the original light sockets on it? This only applies to Ms. Pacman doors and newer as all previous games to Ms. Pac had no lights on the door and hence had no lamp sockets.

[reebboy]

Posted by: Peale  Posted on: Today at 08:19:38am  
Wire the lights right to your PCs powers supply

Will wiring them directly to a 12V supply solve the problem of burning lights out??

Posted by: Ken Layton  Posted on: Today at 11:11:03am  
Does your door already have the original light sockets on it?

My door just has a stiff wire to support a bulb infront of the see through plastic but doesn't have any bulbs nor wiring to go to any bulbs.

I'll check the search again for lightning but I don't want to deal with LED's. X-mas lights are cheap and by cutting it down I'll have a handfull of spare bulbs.

[SirPeale]

What kind of coin door do you have?

I was referring to an existing socket, putting either a 14v or 12v bulb into it and connecting that to your 12v on the PC power supply.  This stiff wire thing, I'm not sure what you're talking about.  Can you supply a picture?

[reebboy]

It's just an old Midway door. The wire is just a hook to hang the bulb on.

[Thenasty]

thats not for hanging a bulb, thats a KEY HOOK. Sometime the operator use the KEY HOOK to hook the backdoor key so they don't have to carry it around.

[Ken Layton]

Thenasty is right. That's a key hook for the cabinet's back door key.

If anyone wants to install lights on a Midway door that doesn't have lights now here's what you need to order from Marco Specialties (www.marcospec.com):

2 # 077-5026-00 wedge base lamp sockets ($1.50 each)


Then go to your local auto parts store and get either a couple of #194 lamps or # 161 lamps. These are 12 volt bulbs. To power these bulbs you can get either # 273-1352 or 273-1511 transformer at Radio Shack.

[reebboy]

I never new that.. I swear I've seen people hang bulbs from it. Learn something new every day.

I'm just looking for a simple setup to hook a light on the hook so it shines through the plastic 25c piece. It seems to be in a perfect location for a bulb. If I could find what I need to shorten a 100 bulb xmas light set down to 2 bulbs I'll be set. The bulbs are bright and seem to produce very little if any heat.

[greven grevs]

I just bought some #194 Wedge-Base Lamps from Rat Shack today. Cost like $1.50 for a pair. Part number 272-1126 , 14volts. Worked perfect for my F-1 Super Battle!

[reebboy]

 Thanks Ken, that may do it. 8$ for a transformer, I think I can handle that. I've never hooked one up, but I'm sure I can figure it out.

[kahlid74]

You don't really need the transformer, if it is just a 12 volt connection, you can take apart a computer fan and use the 12v feed from the computer, the yellow wire.  But the transformer will work too.  I just hooked up the 4 lights in my machine through 5 volt feed on the computer, works great.