Jim, et al: Ed is right, there are several vendors that offer a wide variety of LED bulbs that closely match incandescent bulbs. But I personally like to use transparent water based markers that I get at craft stores to cover the clear LED¹s whatever shade I am trying for.
LED¹s IMHO, are the only choice for virtually all model railroad applications. Main downside: They are kinda pricey, but then again they last forever, or at least will outlast me :) Cheers :) Roy From: Ed Loizeaux <[email protected]> Reply-To: S-Scale <[email protected]> Date: Sun, 13 Nov 2011 21:51:12 +0000 To: S-Scale <[email protected]> Subject: {S-Scale List} Bulb Burnout > I am searching for ways to improve bulb life, > I added 22 ohm resistors on the E6 lighting circuits to hopefully improve the life, but I'm always interested in other ideas. Jim...You might find a small voltage regulator a better method for keeping bulbs exposed only to a constant pre-set voltage (regardless of track voltage) and safely protected from voltage spikes which do occur with both DC and DCC. Voltage spikes do shorten the life of bulbs significantly. Resistors are not really doing either of the above functions and only add some resistance to the circuit. More protection than what a resistor can provide is needed. > And before everyone starts up on LED's, they are a non-starter for me. I have yet to see one that I believe emits a natural looking headlight hue. > Jim Kindraka Jim....Perhaps you have not looked around recently at the various LEDs. The colors now available match a bulb very well. The color matching progress in recent years has been substantial. Several vendors offer very nice LEDs which is really the only way to go these days. Good luck....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: [email protected] [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/
