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Someone may have already suggested this.... I constantly forget to order enough 3mm LEDs for loco conversion.  Rather than pay over $2 each !!!! from my LHS or wait 2 weeks for a postal delivery from my usual online source ($1.50 per warm white LED) , I switched to these in a pinch......called LED umbrella lights. <a href="http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u172/dcrane_2007/24%20led_zps131e8aa7.jpg"><img src="http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u172/dcrane_2007/24%20led_zps131e8aa7.jpg" alt=" " border="0" /></a> Twenty-four brilliant white 5mm for less than $4 from the dollar store.  They fit in HO locos (sometimes trim the plastic lip at the base to make a uniform diameter)....add a usual resistor and so on.  They are quite bright, but can be dimmed etc. with CV alteration.  The little contacts are a bit short once I snip the LED free from the circular board, but still quite usable. Or how about 48 of the same for the same price elsewhere. <a href="http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u172/dcrane_2007/maNcQ1xYUZn2rrfJH0VVbFg_zps1b01934b.jpg"><img src="http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u172/dcrane_2007/maNcQ1xYUZn2rrfJH0VVbFg_zps1b01934b.jpg" alt=" " border="0" /></a>  Some sites try to charge up to $19 for these, but they can be had in many places online with free shipping for $3 and change or check the dollar stores.
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