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I have no idea how cointaker LED's react to dimming. I know BCS LED's take that into account with their LED design so it doesn't flicker but some people with sensitve eyes will see them anyways no matter what.
Yeah, I'm one of the "lucky ones" I guess... I bought the BC led's in hopes to avoid the flicker but no dice. (even with the game at full brightness it's still an issue) One thing I have noticed with BC's LED's is that he must have received a bad batch of Blue 555's from the factory, as I've had 2 of them die in as many weeks. Best part is, they are installed in the "SPIN" inserts on CV. (And for those of you that may or may not know, probably the WORST ones to fail as they are a total b**** to get at) D |
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I put the ones sold by Canada Pinball Partys and they work almost everywhere without flickering, but they are 2$ ea...
I didn't get too many, so I can only say that they dont work anywhere, GI are OK and pop bumpers look great with them,
as they are 3 lights per bulb...and the angles are super for pop bumpers, I have those on both my SS Bally machines, and
even on the 1000 points that lights on and off if your contacts are clean and brushed properly, it helps greatly with flickering.
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BCS has a 1 year warranty. Send the bad ones back for an exchange if you wish. The ones from canadapinball are Ablaze LED's. The brightest bulbs for pinball.
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I have done most of my games(inserts) with LEDS from Cointaker.I think they look awesome
Great customer service
If you guys live close together..do a group order....free shipping if you spend $500.
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Lol, shipping costs like $25 or less. That's not much of a discount for the amount of dollars spent. Better than nothing but $500 is a lot of LED's.
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I also dissected a Cointaker LED, in this case a single, bayonet socket type. There was what appeared to be just a small reststor inside. I installed maybe 200+ of their lamps and only had one fault, which was probably due to my clumsiness handling a difficult to twist bayonet. That was the one I dissected.
Perhaps fror dimming GI's it is best to use BC's. But for everything else, dollar for dollar you cant beat Cointaker. Also, I seem to remember that they refunded me back $5 to Paypal (I guess due to lower shipping cost). |
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BCS has a 1 year warranty. Send the bad ones back for an exchange if you wish. The ones from canadapinball are Ablaze LED's. The brightest bulbs for pinball.
Oh yeah, Bruce has been great about replacements on the dead LED's. Even gave me 15% off my second order for the hassle. D |
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Yeah, I'm one of the "lucky ones" I guess... I bought the BC led's in hopes to avoid the flicker but no dice. (even with the game at full brightness it's still an issue)
One thing I have noticed with BC's LED's is that he must have received a bad batch of Blue 555's from the factory, as I've had 2 of them die in as many weeks. Best part is, they are installed in the "SPIN" inserts on CV. (And for those of you that may or may not know, probably the WORST ones to fail as they are a total b**** to get at)
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For some reason blue LEDs seem to have the highest defect rate all around in my electronic travels. |
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Lol, shipping costs like $25 or less. That's not much of a discount for the amount of dollars spent. Better than nothing but $500 is a lot of LED's.
The last order I did was around 1400 LEDS....shipping was over $40..every little bit helps |
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For some reason blue LEDs seem to have the highest defect rate all around in my electronic travels.
Yeah, but once you have an appliance that has a working "Blue" LED, you know you have quality.... |
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I have used cointaker LEDs well. He did overcharge for shipping, but made up for it BIG TIME with extra LEDS (more than 2X the value of the overcharge)
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Cointaker has been good. No complaints. I'll continue to buy more from them but their LED's do have a limit before it starts to look weak. If their bulbs only have a resistor in them, it won't be doing a thing about flicker. It needs a capacitor to reduce flickering. This might be where BCS LED's have an advantage and hence higher cost but I can't confirm cuz I'm too lazy to take one apart to see.
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