Thanks Ed! Stan (in snowy Central PA)
From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of ed_loizeaux Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2007 2:11 PM To: [email protected] Subject: {S-Scale List} Re: lighting up a caboose > What is the best way to light up a caboose including the interior and, if possible, marker lamps for DCC? > Stan Furmanak Stan...The "best" way is usually not the cheapest. In this instance, since you seek the best, I would suggest you check out Richmond Controls in Texas. Click here: http://www.richmondcontrols.com/ They offer a complete line of miniaturized lighting products. In particular, their HO caboose product offers interior lighting, marker lights (1, 2 or 3), roof lights, tail lights, etc.....whatever your little old S scale heart desires. It will operate on both DC and DCC. It offers constant intensity flicker-free lighting and it works darn well. It comes complete with a voltage regulator, a supercapacitor, several SMT LEDs, a printed circuit board, directions, etc. Marker light castings are not included. You will have to remove the bulbs from your own marker lights and install the SMT LEDs inside. Tight, but doable. I use TOMAR HO marker lights with the LED inside. The effect is very nice indeed. You can actually lift the caboose off the track and the lights stay on for 30 seconds or more. Truly flicker-free while running around on the track over dirt, crud, etc. SMT LEDs come in the bluish white (modern) color, regular white (semi-modern?) and golden glow (incandescent, for steam era). Your choice of colors. The SHS 2-8-0 uses the golden glow for the headlight -- so you can see the color that way. The HO caboose product, in my opinion, is long enough for an S scale caboose. Perhaps one of the S windows will be a bit dim, but that is acceptable on the mighty NYC. The only downside is that Richmond Control's products are rather expensive. Several magazine articles have been written describing similar circuits and explaing how to build one for a fraction of the cost using Radio Shack parts. Model Railroader ran such an article by Kermit Paul a few years ago. Maybe the Kalmbach search engine will help find it. Have fun...Ed L. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
