Installing Lights on my Model Railroad
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Welcome back everybody! Today we are beginning the task of lighting the layout for night operations! This is an extended project so there will be several episodes devoted to the project.
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Parts List
Prewired LEDs
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Lighted Cars (N Scale)
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(HO Scale)
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Lighted Buses (N Scale)
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Street Lights (N Scale)
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(HO Scale)
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Power distribution board
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12V Power supply (DO NOT USE WITH STREET LIGHTS)
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This video was great and helped a lot. What size resisters did you use for the 3 volt led lights? How many 3 volt led lights can you put on a 12 volt bus wire?
Hi Jimmy,
I love when Artist, like you & I, take on a new technique, to enhance our Art.
Great job.
Helpful Hints: Well you already learned to check your allowable voltage level before hitting it with a full load. Trust me you WILL do it again. The nature of the beast.
Also, when preping for your Distribution Box take some folded over masking tape, sticky side out. Attach the tape to the back of the Distribution Box. Then to the underside of the layout. It will give you a free hand when drilling pilot holes. If you decide to leave the tape in place it also gives you a free hand when screwing the box in place. One caution use heat stable electric tape. Some brands of boxes are not base insulated. So you could, unintentionally, leave the main power on and start a fire.
Lastly, the last time I was in the TRAINWORLD store they had on racks the pre-lit cars for HO. I didn't look for N Scale. Sorry.
~Old Jim
Love night running and lit up layouts. thanks for sharing ...Uncle Wilmer
Found this video very helpful. I have one suggestion about using a power supply. If you have an old Desktop PC that is ready for the recycling bin, I suggest opening the case up and removing the power supply. Right here on You Tube, there are plenty of easy tutorials on how to make this into a fantastic power supply that you can use for your layout's accessories. It provides a 3VDC, 5VDC & 12 VDC sources. A relative was getting rid of three PC's from his business. I removed the three power supplies, followed the easy instructions in the video and now have power for the turnouts (12VDC), street lights and buildings using the 3VDC & 5VDC.
Great job, Jimmy. Installing lights is a pain but definitely adds so much to the realism. Thanks for sharing.
Hint: prior to soldering the small wires together, dip each bare end in a solder flux paste then twist them together. This allows the solder to flow between the strands, gives a better connection and looks cleaner.
Looks great Jimmy. I use the Just Plug system from Woodland Scenics. Same concept.
Just plug is great especially if you dont want to mess with electronics, but expanding is harder and generally more expensive
Looking nice :)
Thanks for the tips!
Lights look really good thank you for sharing it
Do you have a link to these power distribution blocks?
I love these tips they help me when looking to build my layout
Sweet!! Thank you and the layout is coming along great. Keep the videos coming love them.
How do I change the head light on my n-scale engins?😮
Very nice job!
Can I use a 3v battery pack with a 24v distributor for lights? Thanks.
THANK YOU FOR THIS VIDEO I NEEDED IT SO MUCH
Where did you get the lighrs?
Love your videos, very helpful. Question. I want to put a 12 volt led light inside a plastic tube and pour Epoxy over it for a small lake on my train layout. Will the 12volt little light warm up too much and melt the plastic tube. It is like a clear straw that I want to embed under a small lake. I would just pour over the light, but it would be impossible to replace the light if it burned out. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
It alway a good idea to use current limiting resistors on all LEDs. Depending on design, 330 ohm to 1k ohm seem to work well.
What are those? Thanks.
Great video! Question: At 5:20, you forgot to show us how you connect your power supply. Can you please show us that part? I don't see how a power supply can connect to this distribution board.... I even followed your Amazon link, and there is no picture nor video on how to connect a power supply to this distribution box.
Thank you so much!
Jimmy question? Did you hook the main wire,to the transformer, or something else to give you power? Also when you can move your hand so we can see what you are doing.Thanks,and Happy Model railroading.🚂✌🌍
Great work. You're gonna have to paint the inside of your buildings black to get rid of the glowing walls. What can you do to get the brake lights on the cars to be a little dimmer but still keep the headlights just as bright? It just looks wrong to me that the brake lights are illuminating so much behind the car. It's not realistic to me. You did great work I'm not saying you did anything wrong. The brake lights are brighter than I think they should be and I'm asking for myself how to dim them and not the headlights at the same time. How to control the brightness separately. Thanks. 👍
I recently discovered these Evemodel boards. Have you ever used the PCB012 Power Distribution Board they make that has the barrel connector for power?
Yes! They are great!
Did you ever do the video of the Fire House, optic fibre install? I can't locate it if you did.
Hello! I actually didn't. It turned out to be quite the dud of a project.
Wish you had said what type of light and where to purchase, inexpensively. I wish to try those smd led lights that come on peel off rolls, but so far, cant find them on Amazon inexpensively
Hey file1man! These are simple prewired LEDs. There is a link to them in the description. Let me know if that link does not work and I can update it.
Poor explanation of feeder wire. Should have shown how they connect. Otherwise good