Using LEDs

I wonder if the your particular LED selection are polarity sensitive and therefore don't work well with this particular series wiring. Looking back, I should have warned about about this in your other post, but since an application was not listed and 14V/18V bulbs are not used in series wired passenger cars, I didn't think to bring it up. Series wired passenger cars typically have 6V bulbs.

Fortunately, all is not lost. Simply wire the 18V LEDs in parallel.

Now the wire from the track roller is connected to the back of socket #1, and a wire goes from that #1 socket to the #2 socket.

I think what you’re saying is to disconnect the wire coming from socket #2  at the point where it connects to socket #1 and instead connect it to the wire that comes from the roller?  So both sockets will be connected directly to the roller?

If you look closely, you will see one socket has two wire terminals, the other, only one.

The socket that has one wire terminal goes to the pickup roller. The pick up roller is also connected to that same terminal on the other socket.

The remaining terminal (on the two terminal socket) gets connected to the metal frame.

In my case now,  the wire from the socket that only has one wire (socket #2) goes to the terminal on socket #1 that has continuity with the frame; the second wire out of socket #1 goes to the roller.

Re-run your continuity test without the bulbs installed (the filament will cause continuity).

Wire it up as I described above and you will be good to go.

Ok, thanks for the advice.

are these what you are using?

@AlanRail posted:

are these what you are using?

Are these KED that simply replace the AC Bulbs?

or is rewiring or other electronic s required?

The bulbs @AlanRail mentioned are regular incandescent bulbs and are NOT the correct original bulbs NOR the LEDs that are being used... Now back to our regular scheduled program...

Alan:  I am using 18 volt LED bayonet bulbs from Town and Country Hobbies. They have some specifically designed for passenger cars.  I’m happy with them. No rewiring; just remove the old bulb and install.

@cpasam posted:

Alan:  I am using 18 volt LED bayonet bulbs from Town and Country Hobbies. They have some specifically designed for passenger cars.  I’m happy with them. No rewiring; just remove the old bulb and install.

You have a website and a part number

please

Towncountryhobbies.com

Look under LED replacements for Lionel. Many varieties of screw bulbs and bayonets.  Passenger car bulbs I use are LED 120 WW

I haven’t seen these anywhere else

It is very likely that the LED120WW being an 18V unit will still require being wired in parallel and not series. What makes it marketed for passenger car use is the lens that has a different light spreading characteristics.

I followed your advice and re-wired the 2 lights in each passenger car in parallel. Works great. Thanks.  

@cpasam, glad you have it all sorted out!