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    Athearn P42 ditch lights

    So what about this, still using 470 Ohm's, connected 1 each to one wire of the bulb, but cut the 9 pin connector green and purple, and attached them there. common wire soldered to extra common pad which is built in to decoder. I am not able to test this, no DCC system at my house, its at...
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    Athearn P42 ditch lights

    Alright, so I just spliced it from the 9-pin connector ,the green and purple, but 1 question, does it matter what way you place the resistor?? I don't think it does, it should already detect which way the power is coming from
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    Athearn P42 ditch lights

    green and purple wire are from the decoder itself, which go to the the left and right ditch lights
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    Athearn P42 ditch lights

    I wired them with one wire from each bulb to a resistor, then attach the resistors to function 1 and 2 of the decoder, the other 2 wires are combined and placed on the common (positive) spot on the circuit board. And I tried both a 270 and a 470 resistor, and the lights won't light up. This...
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    Athearn P42 ditch lights

    Hey guys, I am installing ditch lights in my 2 Athearn P42's, numbers 55 and 10. I have a problem, the lights won't light up. I am using a Digitrax DH163P decoder with 6 functions, 1 and 2 are for the ditch lights. The bulbs are miniatronics 1.5 volt 40mA incandescent bulbs. I am using 470 Ohm...
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