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6v festoon bulb replacement

Paul

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So Im looking to be able to replace a bunch of 6v 3w festoon bulbs with LED festoon bulbs for PSU wellbeing and heat reduction.
However, as is with most pinball machines, it's a 6v AC feed, and not DC.

For those that dont know what a "festoon" bulb is..

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Finding 6v festoon's isnt the easiest at the best of times (Most are 12v for car use). Let alone AC ones, for obvious reasons.

I have around 30 of these to change. Changing the entire power feed isnt really an option (well - not an easy one as that are there are other things also using the same 6v Ac feed, not just lamps).

Would be interested to hear others thoughts on what they would do (short of leaving as incandescents) or how they would approach it.

:)
 
rectify the circuit with a small bridge rectifier? thats what I did on my AC ledbars - added a bridge and they work great.
 
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