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LED lighting
Posted by baron9 on Tuesday, March 7, 2017 5:18 PM

I want to replace the bulbs in my ho gauge engines with LED lights. What I am looking for is a wiring diagram that will show where the wires go to the circuit board. I am using 3mm white lights with a 1/8 volt resistor.

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Posted by richg1998 on Tuesday, March 7, 2017 6:42 PM

DC or DCC? The PC boards are usually marked. In my DCC ready and DCC on board they were marked.

The decoder instructions show you which decoder wires and use a 1k, 1/4 watt resistor.

Resistors are measure in ohms and watts they ca handle, not volts. I guess you mean 1/8 watts but did not mention resistance.\

This might totally confuse you but it is a primer on LED'S in model trains. Concentrate on LED's.

http://www.members.optusnet.com.au/nswmn1/Lights_in_DCC.htm

Rich

If you ever fall over in public, pick yourself up and say “sorry it’s been a while since I inhabited a body.” And just walk away.

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Posted by BigDaddy on Tuesday, March 7, 2017 6:48 PM

Are we allowed to know the manufacturer?  A picture of the circuit board would be helpful in lieu of that information.

They are going to go to the same place the bulbs are attached but there is a polarity issue with LED's. 

The resisitance of the resistor, if you bought leds with resistors on Ebay may be inadequate. 

Henry

COB Potomac & Northern

Shenandoah Valley

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