[Jukebox-list]-WAS- AMI I-200

[Ron Rich]

Sorry guys--having computer problems--last message I attempted to send would not go--this one went when I changed the subject--before I could type anything ??
  Any way, I have always avoided working on pins--but I do know that most of the guys around here carried both the 44 and 47, and it seemed that they pretty much interchanged them in pins. 
  Also, I remember the Bally Pinball "campaign" where they were touting the # 555 as "--the end to pinball light (or lamp)  problems---" So, unless John's chart is wrong, they were "not quite telling the truth'?, as #44 and 555's are listed as the same bulb--different socket??

David Breneman <david_breneman at yahoo.com> wrote:
  
--- John Robertson 
wrote:

> Not to go too far off-topic, but, no, the #47 was not the standard.
> The 
> manufacturers all used #44s for the brighter appearance. Operators 
> discovered that one could use the #47 and WICO (and other
> suppliers) started to carry them.

Well, I must admit I've only worked on a couple dozen pinball
machines, and the neweest ones were 2-3 years old when I got
to them (the oldest being 5-10 years old) in the late 70s, but
I've *never* seen a #44 bulb in a machine - never. Based on
what you say, that suggests a startlingly aggressive and
thorough regimen of bulb substitution on the part of operators,
bolstered by the fact that the Gottlieb and Bally distributors
at the time only sold #47 bulbs for this application. An
interesting situation. Either way, based on sales practices,
#47 is far and away the accepted standard of the last couple
decades.


David Breneman david_breneman at yahoo.com


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