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Re: Tapping into the Track's electricity
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Date: 
Thu, 25 Jan 2001 02:17:12 GMT
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Ross Crawford wrote:

In lugnet.trains, Dean Husby writes:
Make sure you have a circuit to adjust the DC to always send the + into the • LED
the right way.

Or use two LEDs in parallel, with opposite polarity.

ROSCO

Yes, that would work, I've used that several times like in my Road Crossing. But
two LED's gets bulky.

Dean
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  Re: Tapping into the Track's electricity
 
(...) But (...) But it has another advantage - if you use one red & one clear (white) at each end, you can have automatic head / tail lights on your engine. ROSCO (24 years ago, 25-Jan-01, to lugnet.trains)

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(...) LED (...) Or use two LEDs in parallel, with opposite polarity. ROSCO (24 years ago, 24-Jan-01, to lugnet.trains)

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