Hello everybody,
This is my first post. I got back to this hobby one month ago after 30 years. I built a ho layout with code 83 flex-track and a series of turb outs, then I bought the first locomotives, an Athearn RS3 (which made a terrible sudden grinding sound and I sent it to Athearn last week) an Atlas HH660 and last week a Proto 2000 SD60. Since I will upgrade the system to DCC in the next few weeks, When I bought the SD60 they suggested to get the dcc card and they gave me a digitrax card "that works with the stock lights so you don't have to rewire it). Needless to say, since I had never put together a locomotive, I broke the one of front light bulbs. Then the other one stopped working as well. My question is: as far as I understand it, if I wanted to replace the existing light bulbs with led, the existing circuit (1.5 volts??) would not provide enough tension for a led, correct? Since also the dcc card is designed to work with the 1.5volts, is there a way to rewire the system do that I can replace the bulbs with LEDs? Do I need to get a different dcc module?? Any advise you might have is very much appreciated.
Thank you,
Paolo
This is my first post. I got back to this hobby one month ago after 30 years. I built a ho layout with code 83 flex-track and a series of turb outs, then I bought the first locomotives, an Athearn RS3 (which made a terrible sudden grinding sound and I sent it to Athearn last week) an Atlas HH660 and last week a Proto 2000 SD60. Since I will upgrade the system to DCC in the next few weeks, When I bought the SD60 they suggested to get the dcc card and they gave me a digitrax card "that works with the stock lights so you don't have to rewire it). Needless to say, since I had never put together a locomotive, I broke the one of front light bulbs. Then the other one stopped working as well. My question is: as far as I understand it, if I wanted to replace the existing light bulbs with led, the existing circuit (1.5 volts??) would not provide enough tension for a led, correct? Since also the dcc card is designed to work with the 1.5volts, is there a way to rewire the system do that I can replace the bulbs with LEDs? Do I need to get a different dcc module?? Any advise you might have is very much appreciated.
Thank you,
Paolo