I want to thank everyone for the help on the lighting issue. I wasn't able to get away from the NASG booth today to reach the electronics store but will do so next week to give it a go.
Howard On Jan 2, 2008, at 9:47 PM, Andrew_Malette wrote: > On Wed, 02 Jan 2008 23:44:28 -0000, hjsheff wrote >> Hello group >> >> I am on the road to help the NASG with the Sacramento Worlds >> Greatest Hobby show and I ran into a problem trying to buy >> resistors. I stopped by the local train shop and bought some >> 1.5 volt 30mA 1.2mm dia. incandescent bulbs but they didn't have >> any resistors for them. The local electronic supply house couldn't >> tell me what resistors to use to reduce the 14 volt supply to the >> 1.5 volt bulb. This is for a PBL Heisler I am painting and >> converting to dcc. >> >> I would appreciate any help that someone may give to know what >> resistor to purchase or where I can find a chart to find out. The >> store guys got into Ohms, wattage needed and other techno speak that >> I couldn't relate to. They sold me a 1/4 watt1.2Kohm 2% that didn't >> work. >> >> Howard Sheffield >> > > Here is a website that I just found...http://led.linear1.org/1led.wiz > > According to them, a 470 OHM Resistor rated at 1 watt. I would go > with 1/4 > watt though. The colours are Yellow, Violet, Brown. > > cheers, > > > Andy Malette > www.mlwservices.ca > 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/
