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Ghastly Cab Light in a SD24
Ghastly Cab Light in a SD24
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Anonymous
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April 2003
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Ghastly Cab Light in a SD24
Posted by
Anonymous
on Tuesday, January 13, 2004 11:03 PM
I am currently servicing and building a pair of SD24's from ConCor. The first thing that bothers me is the big bright cab light.
There ought to be a way to place a set of thin wires attached to a bulp that fits into the end holes of the unit.
Ideas anyone?
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nfmisso
Member since
December 2001
From: San Jose, California
3,154 posts
Posted by
nfmisso
on Wednesday, January 14, 2004 7:39 AM
Put a bulb in a brss tube, Use Elmer's white glue (or equivalent grade school white glue) to hold the brass tube in place. This is so you can remove it fairly easily when bulb replacement is required. Alternately, use an LED.
Make sure to use the appropriate resistor in series..
Nigel N&W in HO scale, 1950 - 1955 (..and some a bit newer too) Now in San Jose, California
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AntonioFP45
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December 2003
From: Good ol' USA
9,642 posts
Posted by
AntonioFP45
on Tuesday, December 28, 2004 2:04 PM
Good advice Nfmissmo!
Many long time modelers refer to the symptom that HighIron mentions as:
Engineer Being Fried In The Cab!
[(-D][(-D][:P]
Athearn Blue Boxes are notorious for this. The brass tube is a good idea!
LEDs offer the advantage of producing no heat, so they can be almost snuggled right up to the headlight lenses.
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I like my Pullman Standards & Budds in Stainless Steel flavors, thank you!"
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