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<P>then you are using incandescents which are heat making, power hogging, burning outing, shell melting beasts. Okay they arent that bad :)</P> <P>LEDs however run cool, use almost no power and never burn out, plus you can get very bright ones if you like and not have to worry about melting your loco shell. BUT they need low voltage, usually 1.5v in a MRR application. Generally you bring down the voltage with a resistor (often 1k ohm) but if you buy the plug in module for your decoder it will regulate the voltage for you. Personally I'm cheap and I dont buy them but it is an option you have.</P>
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