I managed to blow out both headlights in one of my 2-8-0's but that was due to my DCC ignorance at the time when I installed a decoder. Never did get around to doing anything about it as I tore the engine apart for hopefully reworking it into a Frisco-like 2-8-0, but there it sits in a box in pieces...
I can't find my 2-8-0 manual right now, but there's a CV to reduce the output to the headlights. I did this on my Tsunami equipped 2-8-0 because I felt the headlights were too bright. Rich G(ajnak) --- In [email protected], "bcgsteam" <bcgsteam@...> wrote: > > Anthony, > > I suspect Don Thompson will respond to this question but I have had to > replace headlights on two of my Tsunami-equipped SHS Consolidations. After > doing some trouble shooting, including making sure the little contact tabs > between the boiler and boiler front were not corroded and were making good > contact, and making sure all the CV's were correct, we wound up simply > replacing the complete boiler front, light and all. As I recall, Don > commented that the difficulty in replacing the LED within the boiler front > was a design change he would have made if he could do it again. By the way, > I was never able to determine what caused the LEDs to fail as the engines had > been in service for several years, so it wasn't 'infant mortality' and no > catastrophic shorts or other events occured that might have caused otherwise > reliable LEDs to fail. Brooks Stover > > > --- In [email protected], "Anthony" <n1tks@> wrote: > > > > Hello. > > Has anyone had to replace the headlight on a SHS 2-8-0. I know it is a > > diode probably similar to Richmond Controls type but has anyone had to > > replace it and if so did you "do-it-yourself" or send it out? My unit has > > Tsunami DCC. > > Thanks. > > > ------------------------------------ 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/
