Florecent lights and starters

[John jackson]

I want to do a upgrade on the old florecent lights with the LED light tubes and my question is can I disable the starters and the ballast to the old lights and put in the LED.ight tubes and we will the machine still operate the same with put the old light hardware.thatd the only thing I want to change is those old florecent lights tubes .I believe there is 3 of em

[Chris-socal]

I can't find the link for the exact bulb I used in my Gamemaker.  I was surprised that it really isn't much cooler than a fluorescent bulb, in fact the ends get quite warm. A 18" fluorescent bulbs don't take much power either but LED will allegedly last longer. I had to Google search it and the only place that came up was Menards which we don't have in CA. Verify size and try at your own risk, maybe I just got lucky at first attempt:

https://www.menards.com/main/electrical/light-bulbs/led-light-bulbs/sylvania-reg-truwave-15-watt-equivalent-18-t8-selectable-color-temperature-led-light-bulb-universal-type-a-b/93028/p-1642874301943285-c-7482.htm

Chris

[John jackson]

Well I figured I would do the upgrade because when I got my machine it did not have any of the starters for the florescent lights so instead of having to worry about getting those I can just get the LED ones that would not require the starters but would the machine still run with out them

[Chris-socal]

Yes, the fluorescent lights run completely separate from any of the game functions.
It's a great time to convert, no need to buy ballasts, just wire them direct.

Chris