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Can you provide the list of parts used and a dwg of how you wired them? If I want to add lighting to Kato N scale passenger cars how would I do that? Any info is greatly appreciated. Vic

Jim I hope that's 50V, as 50 amps for a bridge rectifier on dcc seems a bit, erm, excessive! ? Wouter

... my experience is that a simple bridge rectifier is more than sufficient for all DCC powered lighting?using LEDs.? And they are dead simple to install and cheap enough and small enough.? I use a

Just using the low cost 1N4148 will greatly improve the frequency performance relative to the 1N400X diodes that would be more frequently used. Since only mAmperes of current are used the 1N4148s are

It is true that a capacitor isn't needed for DCC only lighting, as long as electrical contact with the rails is continuous. But, any momentary interruption of that connection will produce a "blink" or

Greg- I have bought some commercial diodes and capacitors for do-it-yourself lighting and it works well. I am out of country at the moment but will send you info on parts and circuitry

I have found that using LED's strung together with the appropriate resister that the frequency of the AC track power is too high for my eyes to even notice any flickering that would bother me.

Yes, as a matter of of fact I have a number of Athearn passenger cars that came with that installed, they stay lit for several seconds after you take them off the track.? You would want to use only

One commonly-used diode array is called a 'bridge rectifier'. ?A bridge rectifier rated at 50V, 1 Amp would be appropriate. Track voltage is applied to the two terminals designated 'AC', and the

Yes… replacing the incandescent lamps with LED is a good start to reduce the current requirement, but still needs a diode array to convert track power to DC. Then one can install resistor(s) to

What I have done is replace the incandescence with LED strips from Golden gate which solves the flickering problem and also drives a lot less amps

Hi Greg, I will be covering exactly this topic in my December DCC Currents column in Model Railroader. Allan Wiring for DCC

I run with an NCE Procab system. ?I have some old passenger cars with lights that work on my layout, but of course they flicker. ?Without going to the expense of putting a decoder in each passenger

To the Members of the w4dccqa The w4dccqa group does not allow photos or diagrams to be included in a text message because of the rare but possibly that malware can be hidden in the photo or the

Bill, you captured the topic in a concise and well-written manner. Thanks! Jerry Michels "I posted a question as a novice for confirmation of what I’d read, and learned a great deal from the

Dear All, For those that responded and are interested, I solved the scenario. All works well. It did take some experimentation with wiring connections but after a "process of elimination", I solved

Hi all, First - thanks to everyone for their shared wisdom. Second - my suggestion is for the answers to these repeating questions to not be in the messages but rather in the FILES area.? (I think

I was also wondering, what would be the determining factor to designate a topic as worthy of posting. Should every member first search through messages for the last five years, and search for files

I posted a question as a novice for confirmation of what I’d read, and learned a great deal from the helpful responses. The responses from advanced users did more than simply answer my specific

Thanks Don. Understood......George.