Comments on: Using LED Loco Headlights https://blog.model-train-help.com/2019/07/using-led-loco-headlights.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=using-led-loco-headlights Model railroads and model trains Thu, 25 Jul 2019 12:40:29 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: roy carslake https://blog.model-train-help.com/2019/07/using-led-loco-headlights.html#comment-30997 Thu, 25 Jul 2019 12:40:29 +0000 http://blog.model-train-help.com/?p=5264#comment-30997 In reply to Bernie piorkowski.

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]]> By: Roland Pinto https://blog.model-train-help.com/2019/07/using-led-loco-headlights.html#comment-30996 Thu, 25 Jul 2019 11:20:49 +0000 http://blog.model-train-help.com/?p=5264#comment-30996 In reply to Col Rannard.

Hi Col

I have some 0805s, 0603s, 0402s. I have used them with LEDs of the same sizes on my locos in N and done some on our clubs HO models here in Adelaide. 1K values are the most commonly used. All you need to do is solder the ends to your LEDS via conduit. Happy to send some to you.

Roland

]]> By: Robert OBriant https://blog.model-train-help.com/2019/07/using-led-loco-headlights.html#comment-30977 Wed, 24 Jul 2019 00:47:28 +0000 http://blog.model-train-help.com/?p=5264#comment-30977 Have any instructions on how to convert the recent Athearns (DCC equipped?)

]]> By: Col Rannard https://blog.model-train-help.com/2019/07/using-led-loco-headlights.html#comment-30974 Tue, 23 Jul 2019 22:22:59 +0000 http://blog.model-train-help.com/?p=5264#comment-30974 Agree. I’ve done that with some N gauge locos – bright is good where you are replacing a single globe that sits behind the clear plastic light fitting that conducts the light. The biggest problem has been finding room for the resistors. Does anyone know of a source for really tiny resistors?

]]> By: W Rusty Lane https://blog.model-train-help.com/2019/07/using-led-loco-headlights.html#comment-30971 Tue, 23 Jul 2019 20:39:00 +0000 http://blog.model-train-help.com/?p=5264#comment-30971 I purchased some strip LED’s from flea bay and installed them in my coaches. I had gotten the bright white ones and when I installed them they looked too bright. Even my wife said the coach didn’t look real (prototypical) so I took it apart and painted each section of 3 LED strips (total of 9) with some yellow acrylic paint. I then re-assembled the coach and it really looked great. So you can change the hue and intensity of the LED’s if you use your imagination. I’m gonna go back to my other installation of LED’s and paint them with yellow acrylic paint to soften the ambience. I also used a full wave bridge and a 3300uf caps so the lights would be lit no matter which direction the coaches travel. They will light forward and backward and the caps provide for flicker free lighting.

]]> By: don jennings https://blog.model-train-help.com/2019/07/using-led-loco-headlights.html#comment-30970 Tue, 23 Jul 2019 19:42:33 +0000 http://blog.model-train-help.com/?p=5264#comment-30970 Ron Everyone seems to be in agreement with having the LED lights in diesels.
Go for it Don J

]]> By: Garry Mitchell https://blog.model-train-help.com/2019/07/using-led-loco-headlights.html#comment-30968 Tue, 23 Jul 2019 17:30:38 +0000 http://blog.model-train-help.com/?p=5264#comment-30968 In reply to Bernie piorkowski.

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]]> By: Robert McFarlane https://blog.model-train-help.com/2019/07/using-led-loco-headlights.html#comment-30966 Tue, 23 Jul 2019 14:23:30 +0000 http://blog.model-train-help.com/?p=5264#comment-30966 I buy LED’s in a range of colours as well as white as they can be used for a multitude of applications, it’s just a matter of buying enough resistors to drop the voltage down and using your imagination. Also, your white LED’s don’t have to be white, you can but tint paints to turn your white LED’s a little yellow, i even paint the base and sides of my LED’s in a coat of silver then a coat of black so the only light coming out is directed forward and is even more powerful.

]]> By: George Smith https://blog.model-train-help.com/2019/07/using-led-loco-headlights.html#comment-30965 Tue, 23 Jul 2019 12:04:30 +0000 http://blog.model-train-help.com/?p=5264#comment-30965 If you have old LED string lights don’t throw them away. They can be a good source for lighting with a little voltage regulator conversion.

]]> By: Steven Teiger https://blog.model-train-help.com/2019/07/using-led-loco-headlights.html#comment-30964 Tue, 23 Jul 2019 11:32:38 +0000 http://blog.model-train-help.com/?p=5264#comment-30964 In reply to Bernie piorkowski.

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]]> By: Tim Ehnes https://blog.model-train-help.com/2019/07/using-led-loco-headlights.html#comment-30963 Tue, 23 Jul 2019 11:22:04 +0000 http://blog.model-train-help.com/?p=5264#comment-30963 I love LEDs I use them with fiber optics if they are too bright I use a filter to get the right light level and color .

]]> By: Sheldon Clark https://blog.model-train-help.com/2019/07/using-led-loco-headlights.html#comment-30957 Tue, 23 Jul 2019 08:17:56 +0000 http://blog.model-train-help.com/?p=5264#comment-30957 In reply to Bob.

Genuinely white LEDs are a relatively recent innovation, I believe. Previously, everyone had to make do with a relatively pale yellow, although in some applications a brighter yellow or orange will be appropriate. Colour photos or video of your chosen prototype (taken at night) will usually be necessary.

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