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Easy lightbulb question
notbillcosby:
Here is a picture of the back of my old coin door and the two little lightbulbs that light up the QUARTER letters on the front. How can I wire those lights up? I'm sure I can't just run the two wires to a plug. I have a functioning fluorescent tube running for my marquee, can I wire these bulbs in parallel with the wires going to each end of the fluorescent?
lilshawn:
no.
the voltage is way TOO HIGH.
the voltage you do need to hook up to them is dependent on the bulbs. (likely 12 volts or 5 volts) if you remove the bulb and look for a marking (44 or 151 etc) we can tell you what you need to do.
of course you could always replace the bulbs with a known voltage and wire the appropriately.
notbillcosby:
--- Quote from: lilshawn on August 24, 2012, 09:35:44 pm ---of course you could always replace the bulbs with a known voltage and wire the appropriately.
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Let's do that one. Where do I start? I was thinking about rigging up a couple of those little night lights behind it.. it'd look super goofy from the inside, but it'd sure get the job done.
PL1:
--- Quote from: notbillcosby on August 24, 2012, 10:01:50 pm ---
--- Quote from: lilshawn on August 24, 2012, 09:35:44 pm ---of course you could always replace the bulbs with a known voltage and wire the appropriately.
--- End quote ---
Let's do that one. Where do I start? I was thinking about rigging up a couple of those little night lights behind it.. it'd look super goofy from the inside, but it'd sure get the job done.
--- End quote ---
You can get LED drop in replacements for the wedge-base lamps.
Both Paradise Arcade and Twisted Quarter carry what you need.
You can wire them for 12V (#161 lamp) or 5V. (#555 lamp, which originally ran on 6.3V)
Scott
DaOld Man:
You may be able to get the bulbs from Auto Zone or Advanced Auto (auto parts store).
Take one of the bulbs and tell the guy you want one with the same base, except make sure it is 12 volts.
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