Hi all,

Aside from the Tin Plate Pass Cars I also have fitted the Plastic Passenger cars with rechargeable LED Lighting. I am using 2 Varta 150mA Ni-Hy batteries. The picture shown is with yellow LED.

One can us warm white or bright white LEDs as well.

The car does not have to taken apart to charge the Batteries. Have a look at the side Picture and you will see the connector for --on/off-- and the charging connection.

Battery Life is well over 24hr on a single charge . Cost per car is less then $ 10.00 and you will not see any of the components once installed.

The reason I started this that there is no Pick-up Shoe and Ground strap needed and the Price is actually less the a conversion with a pick-up shoe.

Martin

Hello Mike,

Rapido Easy Peacy uses batteries ( not rechargeable ).Also every time you change the batteries you must take the Car apart. On my system you only need one Charger for all the cars which have this LED Lighting. The Ni-Cads will not get warm during Charging since I am using a slow Charge ( 8 hr ). The --On/Off-- Switch is just a Jumper between the two Top Pins ( same one as used on a Computer Floppy Drive ).

If a MFG would make this Lighting in quantities OEM cost would be around US$ 6.00- 7.00 .

Martin

Interesting modification, but I think, it is more usefull to use current-carrying clatches and in one car, e.g. the driving trailer a function decoder to switch front light, rear light, high beam and interior light for the full train.

I have shown such an modification here: https://www.marklin-user...fer-with-capacitors.aspx