Lionel6-48075 NH EP5

Marty: I've had a few early Liontech e-units fry for unknown reasons, so I feel your pain. 

If you just want conventional operations, Dallee makes one or two units that would work well.

If you want to bump it up to command operation, ERR products would be my choice.

moving up to err would a good choice, but if command is no wanted the dallee is good however the err will run in a non tmcc environment and if you ever ready to move that one engine will be ready to go

I once looked for parts for this engine on Lionel's parts website and there were none.

Six months ago I was looking for some parts for this, came up empty.  Pretty sad for a relatively new engine.  Saturday I got the Dallee 4 amp unit and will put in today.  Looks like a fairly straight forward install.  I don't see any option for directional lighting, but not really important any how...

Marty

Should be an easy install Martin. That's what is in my MOPAC Alco now.....

Martin Derouin posted:

....  I don't see any option for directional lighting, but not really important any how...

Marty

 

Marty,

A few diodes, resistors, LEDs instead of the bulbs, and you're in business.  I have done this a few times.  You simply tap the LEDs off the motor wires.  Your 4 amp Dallee will handle it with no problems.  My EP-5 still works well, but if it fails some day (and it may be any time if Lionel runs true to form) I'll do the same thing. 

Come to think of it, you could still use the bulbs with a couple of diodes, again tapping them off the motor leads.  The sockets will have to be isolated from the frames, though...  Interesting little project!

Did one more upgrade on this engine on Wednesday.  I took out the factory lights, which just sit in a lens housing and installed 3mm warm white LED's from Evans designs,  What a improvement.  Nice and bright now, very eye catching.  One thing that needs to be done is remove the shell mounting bracket and carve a notch in the bottom of it to clear the LED as it sticks out beyond the lens housing, but that only takes a minute...

Marty