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| Old target blue, New targets white with yellow S |
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| New targets installed |
1982 STERN LAZERLORD WHITEWOOD PINBALL REVEAL: This Blog is to document the journey of one pinball game called Lazerlord. So if you are interested in Pinball history, in particular the Stern company in the early 80's, a game that never made it to production, this blog is for you.
Monday, January 22, 2018
New Drop targets
If I have not said this before I will say it now. The game is real fast. So fast and strong it is breaking all the old plastic parts. First parts to replace are the drop targets. Really did not like the blue blank targets so went with white with yellow Stern S.
Sunday, January 14, 2018
Stern Solenoid Driver Board
Some time on or after 1992 the solenoid driver board was replaced with a Bally driver board. There is evidence of smoke above the location of the driver board. Picked up a real clean Stern SDU-100 Driver Board on ebay for a good price but untested. Did all the ground modes and replaced the two large caps as recommended C23 and C26. Tested all outputs and then did a solenoid test and tested out good.
Saturday, January 13, 2018
Update on LEDs
There is four solutions to the strobing issue on the controlled lamps with LEDs. NOTE: Some info is from users at Pinside.com find more info here: https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/classic-ballystern-led-adapter-kit-review Thank you, vid1900
1. Remove the LEDs and use florescent lamps #44 as intended. Pros: No mods needed and will have a retro look. Cons: Run hot and draws the most current, also not as bright and can heat up and warp insert plastics.
2. Add a resistor to each lamp socket. Solder a 470 ohm resistor to each controlled lamp socket under the playfield so that the lighting circuits see enough current draw to stay latched on. Pros: Inexpensive ($2.50 for 100 resistors shipped) Cons: May take hours of soldering.
3. Buy 3 small daughter boards that attach to the original lamp driver board. These boards have resistors built in, saving the time of soldering them at each socket. Find boards at:www.siegecraft.us cost around $50.00 for all three. Pros: easy to install, low cost and can be easily removed and reused. Cons: Cost, some soldering and more connections that can go bad and if you remove the board you need to remove the LEDs.
4. Replace the lamp driver board with an alltek "Ultimate LED/Lamp Driver Board" for $120. Pros: This board allows you to use LEDs and gives you an entirely new lamp driver board. If you old board is missing, hacked up, burnt or corroded, this is your best option. Life time warranty too. Find it here:http://www.allteksystems.com/products-mpu-replacements.html#lamp Cons; Cost, some soldering, if you remove the board you will need to remove the LEDs.
I elected to go with option #2. I soldered a reisstor to each controlled lamp socket. Took about 1.5 hours of time. Cost was $1.25 for 50 resistors. I can remove the resistors if I ever want but don't see that ever happening. The LEDs look great and work very well. I really like the look of the LEDs on this game.
1. Remove the LEDs and use florescent lamps #44 as intended. Pros: No mods needed and will have a retro look. Cons: Run hot and draws the most current, also not as bright and can heat up and warp insert plastics.
2. Add a resistor to each lamp socket. Solder a 470 ohm resistor to each controlled lamp socket under the playfield so that the lighting circuits see enough current draw to stay latched on. Pros: Inexpensive ($2.50 for 100 resistors shipped) Cons: May take hours of soldering.
3. Buy 3 small daughter boards that attach to the original lamp driver board. These boards have resistors built in, saving the time of soldering them at each socket. Find boards at:www.siegecraft.us cost around $50.00 for all three. Pros: easy to install, low cost and can be easily removed and reused. Cons: Cost, some soldering and more connections that can go bad and if you remove the board you need to remove the LEDs.
4. Replace the lamp driver board with an alltek "Ultimate LED/Lamp Driver Board" for $120. Pros: This board allows you to use LEDs and gives you an entirely new lamp driver board. If you old board is missing, hacked up, burnt or corroded, this is your best option. Life time warranty too. Find it here:http://www.allteksystems.com/products-mpu-replacements.html#lamp Cons; Cost, some soldering, if you remove the board you will need to remove the LEDs.
I elected to go with option #2. I soldered a reisstor to each controlled lamp socket. Took about 1.5 hours of time. Cost was $1.25 for 50 resistors. I can remove the resistors if I ever want but don't see that ever happening. The LEDs look great and work very well. I really like the look of the LEDs on this game.
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