Good evening!
I did bought 3 passanger cars and need advice,about how to install lighting.
They are:
4313,4314 and 4315.
Any good idea?

Hello!

You can bay the pick up shoe from Märklin set 7318 as sparepart and a Märklin 73400.

By the way I think it is very nice wagons

Bertil

I know there is pickup shoe to fit the hole underframe.
The ground has to been done with copper spring feather to glue fasten on the underframe of the coaches or somehow what...
The kit 7318 is not producing anymore time,so i have to find the problem to use contact couples.

Hello Anders,

Yes it is possible to light the coaches you have.



I used for this example 2 pole electrical couplers. The lights are switched direct from a function output on the locomotive decoder.



I used six 0603 yellow LED's that are positioned for each window soldered to vero board as shown with 1k resistors



The copper foil with holes is the -Pole. The middle solid copper foil is the +Pole. The bottom thin solid copper foil is used for mounting the LED's
Under each LED the foil has been cut with a 0.8-1.0mm gap. 3 LED's are in series with each other. In the photo above the LED anode is on the righthand side and the cathode is on the left lefthand side. The LEDs are all oriented in the same direction. To the left of the middle resistor on the thin foil you can just see the foil has a small gap to isolate the two groups of three LED's. Where you see a wire link (two places) this is the +Pole connection to the anode side of the LED for each group. The resistor connects the final LED cathode of each group and the other end connects to the -Pole.

This method of lighting works very well and suites the old style coaches.

Please note you will need fine soldering skills for the LED's. The lighting strip is mounted to one side of the mounting supports with the LED's closest to the centre of the coach.

For more ideas visit my Tips section on my web site.

Hello!

You can use ground from Märklin 7318 as spare part to.

There is Märklin 7318 on Ebay and I think some train shops have some to.

Bertil.

Hello Anders!

Getting power from the 4316 car is a good and clean choice (and you could complete the set of 4 diferent cars)

2 options available at eBay.de:

http://www.ebay.de/sch/i.html?_trksid=m570.l3201&_nkw=m%C3%A4rklin+4316&_sacat=0

Then, for example, all cars should have a LED strip on the roof, and power transfer couplers.

Cheers,

Walter

Hello!

Unfortunately have Märklin car 4316 also the same pick up shoe as Märklin lighting 7318. See post 10. ( märklin user link)


Bertil.

I shall visit hobbystore to find solution,about how to install lighting effect.
I´m looking for ESU lighting LED.

Hello Anders!

You're welcome!

That is one of many great things with this lovely forum. Looking and finding information. And find solutions.

I also have these coaches and thinking of putting lighting in them. Maybe there is an other railcar with good pick up shoe to add on??
And use current condukting coupler.

Bertil.