What do people use for flashing becons
i've a couple of CF7's which need them before i fit the speaker in the cab roof,can i get away with 3mm led's???
Ray
Yes, i've got some soundtraxx decoders to fit,so need to know whats best or can get away with.
Ray
Hi there, yes 3MM leds should work just fine. I've used them on some of my locos.
I carefully file the top of a led flat and polish with a fine piece of sandpaper (600 grid or finer.)
I then drill two small holes at the location of the beacon at the same distance as the LED's legs. Before I install it, I carefully paint the lower 'rim' of the LED a silver colour, and use a drop of CA glue to fix it in place. Once fitted I solder wires to the LED from the inside of the hood and bend the legs after that flush with the inside of the locomotive shell/roof and attach it to it's corresponding output of the decoder.
You can see the beacon in action on my GP38-2 on a poorly video I posted on youtube some years ago. I did it with an old Blackberry, and video quality isn't great, but you get the idea , and perhaps a feel for the size of the beacon. <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJt7FPqkuwQ">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJt7FPqkuwQ</a><!-- m -->
Koos