Epimetheus
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Please be patient with me. The question might be phrased entirely wrong. Essentially, I am trying to select LEDs to work under DCC control.
Do DCC decoders deliver any particular voltage to lights? Or do they pass through the track voltage?
Do DCC decoders deliver any particular voltage to lights? Or do they pass through the track voltage?
- I am changing over all the HO scale motive power to DCC.
- I am changing the headlights and tail lights in HO locomotives from incandescent bulbs to LEDs.
- Normal HO DC locomotives run on zero to 12V.
- DCC runs on 15V AC (OK, not real sine waves but it alternates)
- LEDs to my understanding are rated at operating voltage and current.
- Therefore, I should choose LEDs that can hander the proper voltage,
- and throw in a resistor to limit the current
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