Make your own DCC powered red tail lamp for your model railway brake vans.
In this video I fit a DCC powered red tail lamp to my N Gauge Peco Brake Van. But this will work for OO and HO scale also.
If you want to dim the tail lamp this can be achieved by using a higher value dropper resistor, I use a 2 K ohm resistor in the video.
Please see chapters below so you skip to any section required
00:00 Introduction
00:38 Parts needed for the build
01:12 More about about the LED used
01:36 Stripping down the brake van
02:30 Discussion about mounting the pickups
03:51 Drilling the hole for the pickup wires
04:25 Mounting the pickups
05:39 Preparing the wheels with conductive paint
06:39 Mounting the LED
07:41 Fitting the modified wheels
09:02 Testing the pickup continuity
09:17 Electrical connection explainer
10:14 Preparing the rectifier for wiring
10:35 Electrolytic capacitor discussion
11:04 Installing the stay alive capacitor
12:12 Wiring the rectifier
13:32 Using liquid tape to insulate rectifier terminals
14:17 Final checks for any shorts
14:32 Testing on the track
Llanford Park Model Railway is small N gauge railway model railway. It is set the UK and the period is late 1960’s to early 1970’s