Coin Slot

Coin Slot Magazine - #039 - 1978 - April[International Arcade Museum]
Backglass—Choose No. 47 and No. 51.
Lower wattage is available
with the No. 47 but the No. 51 lamp is shorter so the same net effect
is achieved.
No. 44's are okay and are in rather common useage but
should be replaced with No. 47's when they burn out.
No. 55's and replace.
Throw the No. 55's away!
able for pinballs—too hot.
Remove any
They are not suit
Lamps supplying illumination constantly
behind names and scenes can be replaced by the No. 455 flasher
lamp.
Not every lamp need be replaced in such applications by the
more expensive flasher.
Chances are good that several well placed
flashers can replace double the amount of regular lamps.
The col
lector, unlike the operator, does not depend on brilliantly lit games
for the machine to appeal to players and produce revenue.
moving every other lamp in the illumination areas.
put back some.
Try re
You may wish to
I would rather look at a more dimly lit machine
than look at light bulbs glaring through peeling glasses.
With screw
type lamps, choose the No. 50 over the No. 46 where possible.
Pop and advance bumpers—In many cases, the taller A style lamp
will touch or interfere with the bumper cap.
tion and distortion of the caps.
This causes discolora
Replace with No. 51 lamps.
No. 55
lamps will melt plastic and should be unilaterally banned from all
pinballs!
There is no alternative to use of No. 259 lamps.
They are
fine.
Illumination plastics on playfield—Choose No. 47 over No. 44.
In
most cases use of a shorter lamp such as No. 51 is a further improve-
ment but the filament is lower and may be more visible under the
edge of the plastics. No. 55's will cause plastics to warp. To straight
en warped plastics, heat them carefully under a high intensity lamp
(ink side away from heat) until somewhat soft and then flatten them
with a metal plate and hard, flat surface until cool. Repeat process
in small sections.
Plastic
inserts
in
playfield—(Lamp
below
playfield
Maximum illumination without excessive heat is desired.
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The best
choice here is No. 47 lamps although No. 51's would be even safer.
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Other applications—
When Lit" lamps
—No. 455 lamps should be used to illuminate "Last Ball in Play"
labels on Gottlieb machines built in the mid 1960's.
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