DCC Red Tail Lamp Upgrade for your Brake Vans - Even Fits N Gauge Models Ep11

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@GRUMP5B 19 күн бұрын

Something so simple ends up as a scary thing for some people, thank you for the step by step guide as to how you did it. This will definitely get the grey cells working for many of us who think it is too complicated to even think about. Please keep sharing your DIY tips with us. Oh by the way don’t forget to tap the thumbs up and subscribe to the channel.

@LlanfordParkModelRailway 19 күн бұрын

Thanks for your comments, I am glad that you found the video helpful

@Millsbritish4x4 8 күн бұрын

Great video, kept me entertained, well done!

@LlanfordParkModelRailway 8 күн бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

@Kapparie 11 күн бұрын

Nice build, though very fiddly 😂. I do recommend to solder a resistor and reverse diode between the rectifier + and the capacitor + to limit the capacitor load current.

@LlanfordParkModelRailway 11 күн бұрын

Thanks😀. I did try and measure the capacitor inrush current, but the charge was so fast I couldn’t read it on my DVM .

@ianstanley7230 8 күн бұрын

That is by far the most informative video on this subject that I have seen. I will now hit the subscribe button.

@LlanfordParkModelRailway 8 күн бұрын

Thank you for the comment and also thank you for subscribing. 😀

@pjeaton58 16 күн бұрын

I did a OO scale brake van years ago with a 3mm red LED on normal analogue 12volt, with rectifier for reverse, 2 of rechargeable AAA batteries and charge limit and LED resistors for the current in and out of the batteries ! 😊 😊

@LlanfordParkModelRailway 16 күн бұрын

DCC does make things easier 😀

@pjeaton58 16 күн бұрын

@@LlanfordParkModelRailway I am 66 yrs, and when I was about 19 yrs I don`t think there was any DCC ?

@RoamingAdhocrat 11 күн бұрын

@@pjeaton581980ish? might've had Hornby's Zero-1 but from what I've heard it was quite unfriendly 😄

@menders1805 16 күн бұрын

Excellent video. Encouraged me to give it a go.

@LlanfordParkModelRailway 16 күн бұрын

Thanks, I'm glad you liked the video

@ngaugefouroaksstreetstatio6932 18 күн бұрын

Very good indeed thanks for sharing

@LlanfordParkModelRailway 18 күн бұрын

Thanks for the comment appreciated

@robertschroder9278 19 күн бұрын

Brillant. Well done.

@LlanfordParkModelRailway 19 күн бұрын

Thanks

@Hal-Zuzzu_Model_Railway 19 күн бұрын

Excellent video. Thanks for sharing :)

@LlanfordParkModelRailway 19 күн бұрын

Thanks

@Castlebridge-00 17 күн бұрын

Easy to follow instructions. I am encouraged, thanks and have subscribed. Looking for ward to more helpful hints. BarryDevon

@LlanfordParkModelRailway 17 күн бұрын

Thanks for the comment, I’m glad you liked the video. Also thanks for the subscription.

@Orionneb 12 күн бұрын

works very well .

@LlanfordParkModelRailway 12 күн бұрын

Thanks

@4623620 14 күн бұрын

Nice video, this is a simple and good solution for installing tail lights (and other lights) in model wagons. 👌😎👍 I have one note though*: Due to the fact that an electric motor (like the one in a locomotive) can generate a CEMF (Counter-ElectroMotive Force) that can be of considerably higher voltage than the power normally fed to the rail, it may be safer to use a capacitor rated for 25 volts instead of the 16 volt capacitor recommended here, this will minimize risk of capacitor leakage (or even explosion)❗*(see correction in my reply below)

@LlanfordParkModelRailway 14 күн бұрын

@@4623620 Hi thanks for the comment. I worked on the basis that for DCC systems,(as opposed to DC), commercial solutions for stay alive capacitors commonly supply 16v capacitors. Also of course for DCC there is a decoder between the track rail supply and the motor. However these are only assumptions as I am not an expert.

@4623620 14 күн бұрын

@@LlanfordParkModelRailway Please forgive me, you are right, I did not realise it was for DCC, should have read your text (but I am a lazy dyslexic). Than I could have known I had to mention that my suggestion is for DC systems. 😳

@LlanfordParkModelRailway 14 күн бұрын

@@4623620 no problem, thanks for watching the video

@RoamingAdhocrat 11 күн бұрын

I put a tail light into the same brakevan using a length of fiber-optic cable. The LED is inside the van, the fiber runs horizontally into a tiny square of plasticard representing a tail lamp. Much dimmer than a SMD viewed directly! I'd like to develop it into a system where yeu can tap a magnet on the roof to turn the lamp on or off

@alanwhite6293 7 сағат бұрын

Just fit a reed switch in the line to the led, inside the roof panel, then a strong magnet will work. you only need to fit the switch on one of the wires, either one will do.

@mikeuk1954 18 күн бұрын

Excellent video. Subscribed.

@LlanfordParkModelRailway 18 күн бұрын

Thanks glad you liked it

@Bruces-Eclectic-World 12 күн бұрын

Awesome video... LLAP 🖖

@LlanfordParkModelRailway 11 күн бұрын

Thanks

@stocktonjunction 8 күн бұрын

Love the idea. For older stock running old style lamps it's great. I run 1980s to 1990s that would be flashing tail lamps. Could u make this system but add flashing ?

@LlanfordParkModelRailway 8 күн бұрын

It is possible but would need some more electronic components for the flashing circuit. For N scale the challenge is always fitting components into the space available

@stocktonjunction 8 күн бұрын

@LlanfordParkModelRailway very true. I model oo at the moment so space is not as much of an issue

@frankiechristians7813 8 күн бұрын

100µF 24V is better And I would have used the thin wires of the LED and brass strips for pickups You can buy wheels with one side conductive, so no need for conductive paint

@marshallman7608 12 күн бұрын

Only problem with this is its way too bright. I started on the footplate in 1980 still in the BR paraffin lamp era and the best you could hope for from a tail lamp, even a signal light is dull flickering glow.

@LlanfordParkModelRailway 12 күн бұрын

I do agree having run mine for a while. I started with a 1 K ohm resistor and that was far too bright, so as in the video changed to 2 k ohm resistor to lower the brightness. I would use an even higher value dropper resistor next time maybe 2.5 k ohm or even 3 k ohm’s

@marshallman7608 12 күн бұрын

The paraffin signal lights were really bad. North/north west of Edinburgh was predominantly semaphore signals back then. Being cautioned at night resulted in peering into the darkness to spot the signal. As one old driver used to say you have to find them before you can stop at them!

@maltnz 12 күн бұрын

@@LlanfordParkModelRailway Try a variable resistor maybe?

@LlanfordParkModelRailway 11 күн бұрын

@maltnz That’s a good idea thanks

@johnbarthram2761 8 күн бұрын

True, I am a former secondman east London Stratford depot, and yes your right it was always a dull glow at best !!!!