HOScaledWill
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Hi, this is my first post on this site.
I have been thinking about getting LEDs for my NJ International 1170 and 1172 crossing HO crossing gates
Yes those are my NJ International Gates paired with Busch 5934 HO crossing signals mounted on an old Bachmann crossing gate platform (the original crossing gates and signals, which were non operating signals, are gone! The gates operated though!)
But I am trying to find the right kind of LEDs to mount on these gate arms, only I don't know which ones I should use and I really want to know what LEDs I should mount on them and what LEDs would work along with the existing crossbuck signals LEDs.
I would prefer LEDs that were always red, both when on and when off. I also prefer LEDs that are prewired and come with both anode and cathode (also would like to know what resistors to use, like the ones NJ International uses on their signals so I don't burn out my LEDs too quickly and I have and it's a bummer!) I would also prefer round LEDs but they may be too big for my gates (I thought I wanted 2mm LEDs but I think they're too big.) I have also thought of using the 1.8mm LEDs, and they might just be the right size, only they're square shaped and a crossing gate with square shaped lights would just look weird, especially since I've never seen gates with square lights (unless you count the Aurora LEDs from Alstom and National Electric Gate, but I'd like gate lights like the red 4" gate lights! ...or even 7" gate lights!)
I'm also thinking of using surface-mount LEDs, which I suppose is my very best option, only they're red when on but white when they're off, never found any red LEDs that small. Again, prefer LEDs that are always red but if need be I'll use LEDs that appear white but light up in red. But I'm looking for LEDs that come prewired.
And I would like the gate lights to work like real ones, having three lights per arm, the one on the tip of the gate always lit while the other two lights flash with the signal lights. And I'm thinking of mixing the gate light wires with the signal light wires and mounting them to the same flasher units used by the signals be them the flasher unit the Busch signals come with or the Circuitron FL-2 flasher modules.
So what LEDs do you recommend I use for my HO crossing gates? I really would like to know, I don't want just any LEDs on my gates. To make things easier for you, am willing to settle for white LEDs that light up in red, or maybe 1.8mm LEDs, just something not too big and something easy to wire, and solder!
One more question, aren't there 12V incandescent lights smaller than the grain of wheat bulbs? I also use incandescent signals and would like small incandescent lights for crossing gates and lights that can be used with 12V bulbs. If there's any such lights, what are they?
Thank you for your help and time.
I have been thinking about getting LEDs for my NJ International 1170 and 1172 crossing HO crossing gates
Yes those are my NJ International Gates paired with Busch 5934 HO crossing signals mounted on an old Bachmann crossing gate platform (the original crossing gates and signals, which were non operating signals, are gone! The gates operated though!)
But I am trying to find the right kind of LEDs to mount on these gate arms, only I don't know which ones I should use and I really want to know what LEDs I should mount on them and what LEDs would work along with the existing crossbuck signals LEDs.
I would prefer LEDs that were always red, both when on and when off. I also prefer LEDs that are prewired and come with both anode and cathode (also would like to know what resistors to use, like the ones NJ International uses on their signals so I don't burn out my LEDs too quickly and I have and it's a bummer!) I would also prefer round LEDs but they may be too big for my gates (I thought I wanted 2mm LEDs but I think they're too big.) I have also thought of using the 1.8mm LEDs, and they might just be the right size, only they're square shaped and a crossing gate with square shaped lights would just look weird, especially since I've never seen gates with square lights (unless you count the Aurora LEDs from Alstom and National Electric Gate, but I'd like gate lights like the red 4" gate lights! ...or even 7" gate lights!)
I'm also thinking of using surface-mount LEDs, which I suppose is my very best option, only they're red when on but white when they're off, never found any red LEDs that small. Again, prefer LEDs that are always red but if need be I'll use LEDs that appear white but light up in red. But I'm looking for LEDs that come prewired.
And I would like the gate lights to work like real ones, having three lights per arm, the one on the tip of the gate always lit while the other two lights flash with the signal lights. And I'm thinking of mixing the gate light wires with the signal light wires and mounting them to the same flasher units used by the signals be them the flasher unit the Busch signals come with or the Circuitron FL-2 flasher modules.
So what LEDs do you recommend I use for my HO crossing gates? I really would like to know, I don't want just any LEDs on my gates. To make things easier for you, am willing to settle for white LEDs that light up in red, or maybe 1.8mm LEDs, just something not too big and something easy to wire, and solder!
One more question, aren't there 12V incandescent lights smaller than the grain of wheat bulbs? I also use incandescent signals and would like small incandescent lights for crossing gates and lights that can be used with 12V bulbs. If there's any such lights, what are they?
Thank you for your help and time.
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