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Hi

In a nut shell this what I am doing. I am changing the shell from the Denver & RIO Grande to a PRR shell. I would like to install three LED. One for the front which is white, one in the back which will be red and one that is a flasher.

"My "fix" without seeing it would be to graft a series diode and resistor in series with the LED, I'd probably go for a 470 ohm 1/4w resistor and a 1N4003 diode, common parts you can get anywhere" As per GRJ in another thread. I would like to use this set up my question is the following:

1) Can run this in parallel after the resistor to each LED. All neg side of the  LED to a common ground.

 2) Or do I need to do this parallel after the diode and each LED gets a resistor. All neg side of the  LED to a common ground.

3) Or do I do this in series after resistor to each LED? Only one wire to the common ground.

I am a little confused and need someone to show me the way.  

I was also hoping place a sound card in one these but that when out the window quick after I opened her up and saw space was tight.

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For the flasher, you'll need a filtered DC supply, otherwise the flash won't work.  You can use a single protection diode for all three, use that in the lead that goes to ground.  You need a separate resistor for each LED.  Is this command or conventional?  Do you want directional lighting?

If it's conventional, I'd probably use the diode and a 220uf 35V capacitor to generate a filtered DC supply, then just string the three LED's with their individual resistors off that supply to frame ground.

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