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Title: Bally 1000 series (and probably others) bulb question
Post by: gameking6 on December 12, 2022, 10:06:24 PM

My sister has a Bally 1996 (5 coin multiplyer) machine and a couple bulbs are out on the coin indicator lights. I want to replace them, they are already LEDs but have no markings. What are these bulbs (size, wattage, voltage, etc)?
(https://i.postimg.cc/vHpS39Fp/1096bulb.jpg)

Title: Re: Bally 1000 series (and probably others) bulb question
Post by: itsjimbob on December 14, 2022, 11:54:21 AM

Those look like generic 44 or 47 style LED replacements. There are a ton of those for sale on Amazon. The trick to those is finding the right color 4K-6K and how much diffusion they have. Some of them are just a spotlight and look bad behind the glass and others are diffused well and just look like a nice incadecent bulb. I have a few pinball machines that I replace the bulbs with LEDS and did a bunch of trial and error before I found the right bulbs. If they went out best bet is to replace them all so at least they look the same. Go with frosted difused bulbs, I think they work the best. If it is behind a specific color you may think about a colored bulb so it is not a spotlight. They come in a variety of colors and sometimes white is not the best choice.

Title: Re: Bally 1000 series (and probably others) bulb question
Post by: gameking6 on December 14, 2022, 10:26:54 PM

What is the difference between 44 or 47 are there different voltages?

Title: Re: Bally 1000 series (and probably others) bulb question
Post by: sixcardmark on December 14, 2022, 10:38:38 PM

Both are 6.3v but the 44s draw more amps and get hot as a firecracker.  Replace all 44s with 47s if not upgrading to LEDs.

Title: Re: Bally 1000 series (and probably others) bulb question
Post by: gameking6 on December 14, 2022, 11:37:55 PM

If going with LEDs what should I be looking for?
I found some that looked like they would fit, but they had 2 contact wires on each side of the base where the original has only the 1 wire on each side.

Title: Re: Bally 1000 series (and probably others) bulb question
Post by: sixcardmark on December 15, 2022, 09:39:37 AM

44 and 47 bulbs have bayonet bases, they are not wedge base with wires. 555 bulbs are 6v wedge based.

Title: Re: Bally 1000 series (and probably others) bulb question
Post by: itsjimbob on December 15, 2022, 09:53:51 AM

here is a link to an example of the bulbs. Im not making any reccomendation of these good or bad but it should get you started in your search.
https://www.amazon.com/Pinball-Bulbs-Machine-Light-White/dp/B09L7MR277/?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_w=kQS5T&content-id=amzn1.sym.e4bd6ac6-9035-4a04-92a6-fc4ad60e09ad&pf_rd_p=e4bd6ac6-9035-4a04-92a6-fc4ad60e09ad&pf_rd_r=N6QSGDZETW96M7NHYQ9G&pd_rd_wg=BTnov&pd_rd_r=acdb4243-e7f9-4ed4-a798-ad2e776728bb&ref_=pd_gw_ci_mcx_mr_hp_atf_m&th=1 (https://www.amazon.com/Pinball-Bulbs-Machine-Light-White/dp/B09L7MR277/?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_w=kQS5T&content-id=amzn1.sym.e4bd6ac6-9035-4a04-92a6-fc4ad60e09ad&pf_rd_p=e4bd6ac6-9035-4a04-92a6-fc4ad60e09ad&pf_rd_r=N6QSGDZETW96M7NHYQ9G&pd_rd_wg=BTnov&pd_rd_r=acdb4243-e7f9-4ed4-a798-ad2e776728bb&ref_=pd_gw_ci_mcx_mr_hp_atf_m&th=1)

Title: Re: Bally 1000 series (and probably others) bulb question
Post by: gameking6 on December 15, 2022, 12:06:21 PM

Thanks for the replys
Sorry, I was working on 2 different projects and confused the bulbs.
itsjimbob, thank you for the link.