I am trying to install some marker lights on my caboose, and am wondering how to do it. I am using a Digitrax Zephyr system, I beleive that it puts out 12 V, some one correct me if I am wrong. I would like to connect the lights directly to the track but I am not sure exactly how to do this, I figure that I will probably need some resistors but I don't know what ratings to use. The local hobby shop suggested that I use a constant lighting mechanism, (I thought that those were just for use on DC) when I connect the lighting mechanism to the rail the lights go on but the system shorts out. The fact that the mechanism doesn't work doesn't bother me, all I want to know is how I can connect these marker lights, with or without this mechanism. Do I need more than resistors to do this task? Oh, and I am using 1.5 V lamps. One more question, what is the difference in a grain of wheat bulb and a grain of rice bulb? and how can I tell them apart?
Thanks, Freelancer
Thanks, Freelancer