How Do you hook up a Mars Light ?/Video

[C&O Fan]

I have an Athearn F-7 that will be my next DCC Sound conversion project

I'll be installing a Tsunami TSU 1000

The features include supporting a mars light But I can't find any thing in the instructions that say

which wire to use and how to turn it on and off

 

All I can find in the install instructions is what's listed below

 

If you use Functions 5 and 6 for lighting effects:

3. To wire the Function 5 output, connect one end of the bulb to the

decoder’s BROWN wire. Wire the other bulb lead to the decoder’s BLUE

wire

4. To wire the Function 6 output, connect one end of the bulb to the

decoder’s GREEN wire. Wire the other bulb lead to the decoder’s BLUE

wire.

[C&O Fan]

davidmbedard

 Yup...thats how you hook it up.

Are you going to use the TSU-1000 or TSU-AT1000?  The AT is a board replacement and is easier to hook up lights where are the 1000 is a wrapped decoder that will require resistors and such.

I would go with the board replacement as it is cheaper and easier to work with.

David B

You're pretty funny David !

So which one is it the green wire or the brown

I didn't know about the AT board I bought the TSU 1000 with the EMD sound

[rrinker]

 It depends on if you want to use function output 5 or function output 6. One is the green wire, one is the brown wire. What you need to do is remember which one you used because when you program the actual effect you have to say "do the Mars light effect on function output 5 or 6" If you program it to do a Mars light on output 6 and you hooked your bulb to output 5, nothing will happen.

                                  --Randy

 

[C&O Fan]

rrinker

 It depends on if you want to use function output 5 or function output 6. One is the green wire, one is the brown wire. What you need to do is remember which one you used because when you program the actual effect you have to say "do the Mars light effect on function output 5 or 6" If you program it to do a Mars light on output 6 and you hooked your bulb to output 5, nothing will happen.

                                  --Randy

 

Thanks Randy

Since I'm over 60 I'll write it down as long as I remember where I wrote it

I should be ok

Do you have to wire in a resistor if you use 16 volt grain of weat bulbs ? 

[C&O Fan]

Well I went ahead and hooked up the brown wire with out a resistor after reading the

Soundtraxx install manual and finding no mention of using resistors with 12 to 16 volt bulbs

only when using 1.5 volt bulbs or LEDs

And after using Decoder Pro to activate the Mars light it just sat there and flashed it's little

heart out

I did however replace the 16 volt bulb with a 14 volt to brighten it up a bit

Here's a short clip

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcpcL4uxr7Y