A question about hooking up ditch lights to a DH163L0 decoder.
In order to achieve blinking ditch lights, do I hook up one of the light bulb leads to a function tab (1, 2 ,3 or 4) and the other lead to the "+" tab? This particular locomotive had ditch lights on the front and rear.
If my scenario is correct, it seems like the "+" tab is going to get a bit crowded with wires. I may opt to leave off the rear ditch lights and use the other two function tabs to light the number boards.
Thanks for the help...
Tom
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Thanks, David. I'm glad I wasn't too far off base. Thanks, too, about the brass strip suggestion. That will come in handy.
David, another question for you. I knew about the need to place resistors on the F1-F4 pads, if using 1.5V bulbs. From the DH163L0 manual, if I switched out the incandescents for 3mm golden-white LEDs, F0F and F0R are already at 1.5v so I wouldn't need a resistor, yes?
Thanks again for the help.