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ChadTower:

My son's birthday is coming up and I'd like to get him an old playfield to put on his wall.  It would be pretty cool to backlight it, which would require a frame... no problem.  Lighting could be done a number of ways but I figure the easiest is probably rope light - low depth, easy to string around where you want it, ready for AC.  To evenly light the inserts I imagine rope light would have to be diffused somehow.  Anyone have any suggestions on a good sheet material to use between the light and the playfield? 
shardian:
What is stopping you from using the original wedge lights, and just bypassing the driver board and running direct wall wart power?
ChadTower:

At the moment, I'm not sure yet the whole GI string is going to be intact on the playfield I get.  I haven't seen it yet.  Plus I don't want to have 5 dead bulbs on the thing a couple months after we put it up.

I hadn't thought of using a wall wart, though.  Being AC ready was one of my issues.
Ginsu Victim:
I'm still interested in having the light diffusing material question answered.
I have LEDs for coin door lights and would like the light to diffuse. Right now, it's just putting a spot light in the middle of the reject button.
shardian:

--- Quote from: ChadTower on March 19, 2008, 02:24:07 pm ---
At the moment, I'm not sure yet the whole GI string is going to be intact on the playfield I get.  I haven't seen it yet.  Plus I don't want to have 5 dead bulbs on the thing a couple months after we put it up.

I hadn't thought of using a wall wart, though.  Being AC ready was one of my issues.

--- End quote ---

Well, you could replace all of the bulbs at a whopping cost of...$10. ;D

I've also heard of people using christmas lights.
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