This is a photo showing my Bachmann observation car next to the coach. The coach has the original 2 incandescent bulbs lit by a 9-volt that comes in the car. The Observation car has a string of micro-LEDs run by 3 AA batteries that I installed today. Frankly, the 2 bulbs were pretty pathetic. You could barely see the cars were lit when running them at night.
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ChromeLibrarian, on Flickr
That is a great price of work.
Lighting is something that I have always liked to have, but until I switched to some bespoke super capacitor powered LEDs for my Playmobil, I was never satisfied with the results .
I am not into DCC as I like automation too much, so constant direct track powered lighting is not a great option, as the track voltage is usually too low for the lights to be effective.
I phased out my original 18v LGB LES units long ago and experimented with options including low voltage bulbs through a regulator but these we're too dim.
I have never fancied batteries, although the image looks great. What is the battery life?
At present my LGB stock has modern LGB 20v units which are still disappointing on the track voltage. The rest have the super capacitor equipped LED units, which work well and I like a lot, but they are expensive!
All are track powered via a roller bearing pick up van, usually at the end of each train.
Always interested in seeing how others deal with lighting and like to 'borrow' the odd idea.
James