LED conversion kit for MTH passenger cars

GunrunnerJohn has a neat kit he offers through Henning's Trains!  My guess he will see your topic and comment.

Gunrunnerjohn has what you need.  Here is a link to what you need.

JW&A Enhancement Products at Henning's Trains

Just scroll down to the lighting kits.

 Scroll down this thread to GRJ's links to two different MTH passenger car LED installations:

https://ogrforum.com/...6#104481233754319446

If you want to try the roll your own method again, here is a thread that has lots of information regarding ordering PCB boards designed by Gunrunnerjohn along with information on sourcing the necessary parts. 

https://ogrforum.com/...n-for-passenger-cars

Thanks. The JW&A kits look like the way to go. This is the one I found on Henning’s, I assume it will suffice: https://hennings-trains.shopli...ed-lighting-kit.html

If I had the time, I would go the DIY route again but I know my time is going to be a bit limited. Also, the pcb in the JW&A kit looks to be significantly smaller that what ive been building which will make it easier to hide in a car that doesn’t have frosted windows. 

That's it, Chris!  It's the same as Carl shared the link for.  I was in a hurry, no I was too dumb to think of giving you the link!  I've spent 43 years working in various roles of electronics (telecom and power utilities).  So you would think I would build my own.  No, I have always hated electronics, so I let someone else design and build it, and I just buy and install.  

Chris, you can buy the lighting modules and a reel of LED's, that will be half the price of using the kit, and typically you will get a neater job.  The kit exists for the folks that don't want to do any soldering, but it's very simple to use the modules if you can solder.  I have posted a number of threads on upgrading various cars with the lighting modules.

The module is about 1/2" x 1" and about 5/8" tall if you fold the top regulator tab over the capacitor, that's what I usually do.

The module offers flicker-free operation, DCS compatibility, and intensity adjustment.  If you're coming to York, we normally have specials on the JWA products.

JWA Products at Henning's Trains

LED Lighting Regulator

Passenger Car LED Lighting Kit

gunrunnerjohn posted:

Chris, you can buy the lighting modules and a reel of LED's, that will be half the price of using the kit, and typically you will get a neater job.  The kit exists for the folks that don't want to do any soldering, but it's very simple to use the modules if you can solder.  I have posted a number of threads on upgrading various cars with the lighting modules.

The module is about 1/2" x 1" and about 5/8" tall if you fold the top regulator tab over the capacitor, that's what I usually do.

The module offers flicker-free operation, DCS compatibility, and intensity adjustment.  If you're coming to York, we normally have specials on the JWA products.

JWA Products at Henning's Trains

LED Lighting Regulator

Passenger Car LED Lighting Kit

 

John,

I will visit your booth to talk about making the change on a few sets (NYC 41 20th Century & C&NW Bi-level cars).  I thought about doing the labor myself with your parts, and it will be nice to speak directly so I understand the process.

Bryant Dunivan 111417 posted:

John,

I will visit your booth to talk about making the change on a few sets (NYC 41 20th Century & C&NW Bi-level cars).  I thought about doing the labor myself with your parts, and it will be nice to speak directly so I understand the process.

If I'm not there, ask one of the guys for my cell phone and give me a call.  I may be out trying to spend some of my vast fortune on new acquisitions.

John, So you sold a million of those kits, I take it!  Wink!!

From your lips to God's ears!

This post started out about with a question about MTH cars, but made me wonder...would the conversion with components shown, work the same for pre/post war cars on a conventional transformer...or conventional cars powered thru Powermaster in "CONV" mode of the Legacy system, or would each set-up have to be different?

Lion L

The conversion works for conventional operation with one change.  You would likely be using the 5V LED strips instead of the 12V LED strips.  The reason for that change is you don't have as much track voltage to provide the headroom for the regulator to work with conventional track voltages.  The 5V strip allows full illumination at around 6 VAC track voltage, and allows full range conventional operation.  My regulator module works the same for the different voltage LED strips as it's a current source and adjusts the voltage to achieve the commanded current.