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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, December 9, 2004 8:16 PM
No but I have had the opposite problem and have put it aside for the time being. That wasI I wanted to illuminate the inside of an oriental temple and I inadvertantly got some LED's that threw a beam and that wasn't what i wanted. The local Electronic *** did not seem to understand that i did not want a clear white light nor did I want a a beam more a diffused lkight. So i am still working on it but not too hard; I have too many other things to worry about.


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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, December 6, 2004 12:53 PM
I had the 2 headlites in my USA F-3 A-B-A set replaced with the "super brite" white led's by St. Aubins Junction in Woodstock Illinois . They work in conjunction with the Sierra sound system they also installed for me . Real cool with the lower lite looking as if it is rotating . Can't say for sure , but I think they are from Ram products. Give them a call .
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Posted by bman36 on Monday, December 6, 2004 8:50 AM
QUOTE: Originally posted by ErrolBarnes

Has anyone written any articles about replacing factory lights with LED's? I've looked, but didn't see any.

Thanks.

ErrolBarnes
Hi Errol!
[#welcome] Hope you find what you need here. I too am interested in this idea. Enjoy the forum. Later eh...Brian. [:)]
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Posted by SteelMonsters on Monday, December 6, 2004 7:25 AM
There was one In Model Railroader December 2004. Super bright white LED's.. The article uses 3mm (T1) for HO, There are also 5mm (T13/4) which would be more appropriate for large scale. Also you can group LEDs with that method.
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LED ditch/headlights
Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, December 5, 2004 11:00 PM
Has anyone written any articles about replacing factory lights with LED's? I've looked, but didn't see any.

Thanks.

ErrolBarnes

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