Hi Pete, I use my old MRC power pack. It has a volt and amp meter so I can see trouble early on. I test lights at 3 volts if I do not see resistors in line to those lights. If resistors increase to 5 volts. Then switch polarity, if they stay on it is a bulb. If too dim increase voltage to 14 or 18V. Did you know that RailPro can reduce the bulb voltage if you think is it too bright!! Pretty cool.
I am at a show this weekend but will send you lighting procedures on Monday.
Don
Well RailPro called today and said the fuse was blown. So somehow something touched, I think an un assigned wire touched something like a weight,( my guess) anyway $44.00 and it’s on its way back to me. while waiting I ordered some more lights so I may add ditch lights and use the 2 wires that are not used so far. So in about a week or 2 I should be making noise and rolling down the track. Looking forward to hearing it and seeing run in its own!!!
Been there, done that, only with the AM-1 accessory module. Learned my lesson to not try and use inputs and outputs in undocumented/supported ways.
Triple check all your connections and insulate unused wires before power up this time (https://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-laughing.gif)
Well I got the RailPro module back installed and everything is working fine ! The sound is great and so far I have nothing to complain about . I have been running it all last weekend and it has been running for about 4 hours and still has about half a charge. I am planning on getting more .
Might need to try that again, Pete. I think videos must be uploaded to utube or some other hosting site and then paste the link here.
I will work on it when I get some time
The pictures in the posts for this thread are all blank. Does anyone know why? I can see pictures in other threads just fine.
My apologies, I don’t know how that first picture got in there
well in the last couple of months I have finished another 2 RailPro installs
CN 9402, I was at a crossroads with this one, I like the paint and especially the map on it, so I was going to repaint it as a custom for my road paintjob, but I just can’t, so I got another RailPro and all the needed lights for this one and installed it and finished about a week ago.
Next pair to get the RailPro treatment is my F3 AB set, which requires 2 modules, but will be slightly easier as there are not a lot of light s to wire in to the module. Anyone know if they had truck lights or step lights on them?
Pete, I would consider adding more resistors between some of the lights to reduce the brightness of the LED’S. i like my lights to look correct for brightness, that is, I don’t want to light up the whole country side when the engine goes by like Lionel trains do. I use 3 and 5 size LED’s on all my engines, cars, etc., and control the brightness with the resistors, usually 100’s, one at a time. I also use both the bright white and the soft white LED’S depending where I use them for the correct affect I want. I’m sold on Rail Pro and installing another one on a new engine as we speak, Don is great a RSC and get his module stand-off they work great.
trainman
With Railpro there is no need to experiment with resistors for brightness. Each light output can be programmed for brightness. This is done on the button programming page. If A light output is selected there will be a brightness slider on the screen. Of course, you do need a proper resistor to limit the current flow for full brightness.
Standard immature response from a Rooster!
Love the work Pete and good for you digging in on the dark side !
Jon and John , I know and have palyed with the lighting adjustments on the RailPro, really enjoy the different things you can do with the whole program and set ups. .
The picture was taken in a darker room , just to get the effects of the lights to show up best. All my LED I buy come with the proper resistor already installed and so far I am happy with the brightness of how they look . Thanks Rooster
