 Joined: 27/03/2004(UTC) Posts: 52 Location: ,
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Dear All
I have a couple of old Marklin M track 5117 points that I want to digitise by a Marklin k83 decoder and incorporate them into my digital layout running with Win digipet.
I want to replace the bulb in the lantern on each point with an Led bulb as they draw to much current. Does anyone know where I can get the Led bulbs or create a diy solution with some other type of Led bulbs from ebay etc.
Many thanks
Andy
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 Joined: 15/03/2003(UTC) Posts: 9,594 Location: Australia
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There was a fellow selling them on eBay a couple of years ago.. I still have some, but I can't seem to find them on eBay any more.. You could make them but you would need to be soldering a tiny LED to a sMD resistor small enough to stuff inside the bulb base... too hard for me to do.. I don't use the Marklin K83, I use the Viessmann 5211 (I think is the correct number), which allows the use of an external feed.. Have a read of this article from AJC Kids -> https://ajckids.com/blog...211-turnout-decoder-k-83 . Also I connect the turnouts, signals and K84 modules to their own booster so that the track current is not wasted on accessories.. |
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 Joined: 17/09/2006(UTC) Posts: 18,771 Location: New Zealand
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Originally Posted by: xxup  There was a fellow selling them on eBay a couple of years ago.. I still have some, but I can't seem to find them on eBay any more.. eBay seller tufftuffde (Daniel is his name) sells the Marklin 600000 bulb led replacements. https://www.ebay.de/itm/...0f77f:g:xFYAAOSwZkJURibV
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 Joined: 10/07/2002(UTC) Posts: 3,298 Location: Patagonia
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The leds works fine. i use them in old signals.
In turnouts i have separate the feeding of the bulb from the feeding of the solenoid. This way i can lit them up or off and power trough a separate transformer so power consumption if of no interest.
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