LED's for switches, controls and other stuff.

How do we order the LED kits and what is the costs?   Lenny

Please forward your request thru the website, I don't think it is appropriate for me to take advantage of the forum for these kinds of things.

Rich, as a forum sponsor, you're 100% entitled to discuss your products and availability here.  Have at it.   In addition, other folks might want to see the answer as well.

Thank you Gunrunner, but I think I will stick to my guns on this one. Kinda like the church and state thing.  Thru the contacts I have made via TinMan, I can tell you this is a very well followed forum. I sometimes wonder if we realize just how many "silent members" are monitoring.

Since I have statistics available as admin of another forum, I have a pretty good idea.  The ratio of members to lookers is vast, something like 25:1 or more.  Given the activity here, I'd say there are a lot of people peeking over the fence.

Well put John. The forum obviously provides a lot of different needs and answers. My take on is without a good representation of train shops anymore, we need these avenues to keep the juices flowing in our hobby. I personally get bored with stuff pretty fast, I can easily see  myself at some point getting really excited about going with some of the new technology with my trains. Currently I am still  a conventional ZW guy for my layout. If I ever can get TinMan with enough people to run the thing, I can see myself climbing aboard with some of the newer stuff. I remember as a kid spending days and days of my Christmas vacation working on our layout, finally getting to where the trains would run well, without derailing etc. I would watch them go round and round a few times, stand back and say to myself, OK  now what? 

Rich,

I hope you don't mind my compressing your response. Your items are well thought out and well within the abilities of most. And again there are those who over-rate their abilities who might attempt your process and fail miserably. (Just a thought )

LED's are cool and have benefits, but for me I am going out of my way to find 432RP and 432GP and 432C bulbs for my O22 switches. I certainly hope that they continue to be offered as an option.

No problem just read all the comments re new or old technology.......what a boring world it would be if everyone liked the same stuff. I think I will put on Ebay a bunch of those light bulbs for cheap that I pulled out of controllers that we replaced with LED's. glad to see them go to good use.

Hi happy pappy, I was just covering my A__ by saying it does require soldering skills. Also there is nothing wrong with someone trying and failing. I can't tell you how many O22 switches I have that are now FUBAR because of my lack of initial experience. The cool thing if someone wants to try it and has the same problem, I am sure we could fix them if necessary.

TinMan,

If you want to reach out to me, I'd me looking to buy 100+ bulbs - save ya from the eBay cut...

Re your request for 100 pieces. I think you can do on your own. It sounds like I should put together a post with px, directions  and parts list. Forewarned, because of mods to the switch bulb housing and remote controls this is a one way trip. Does anyone else have any interest in trying this? It's a considerable time job to put together a post like this, but if there is enough interest I will do it. I am way behind on my web site work, including this item as well as some of the great beginner tips I got from you  guys. Here is a hint! for under table wiring, why not use exposed wiring stapled to verticle boards separated and stapled, then all you need is a round hole wire connector that you can screw down anywhere you need it along the wire......Got that one from Mr. Riddle.

It would be great for a post with pictures & directions!

Rich,

Following this post and wishing you the best......As said by that most Famous Band Director, "And Away We Go!".

You've got to be talking about the star of the Honeymooners! One of my favorites known as the famous one, Ole Jackie Gleason. One of my favorite all time movies was the hustler! I suppose I'll be in trouble for not addressing the forum issues.

Originally Posted by TinMan3rail.com:

I think we had a disconnect somewhere - I thought you were going to offer up the incandescents and I would take 100+ of those, not the new LEDs.

Can do, you can email me directly at tinman@tinman3rail.com