Williams NW2 headlight brightness

Hi Dave. What I do with a Williams engine is take the bulb out all together and put in an Evans LED behind the head light lens with a drop of hot glue.   2 wires to hook it up a hot and ground that's it.  I use a 3mm warm white bulb it looks waaay better than the original bulb.  Here is a link to what you need.

http://www.modeltrainsoftware.com/bl-212.html

Cris, Thanks for your response your help is much appreciated. I will check the link you sent me and order what I need.

Dave, I also used Evans LEDs in a Williams I have, and Chris is right on the money one of the best improvements you can make for lighting your engine. You will definitely like the results.

Williams engines seem to be all over the map in terms of headlight brightness.  My oldest Williams engine is the best with constant headlight brightness.  I rewired my dimmest engines to put the motors in series to increase headlight brightness and slow down the engine speed.  My latest Williams engine is also an NW2 And the headlight brightness is great without any modifications.

Earl

That is another thing I do with a Williams right out of the box"After a test run" is wire the motors in series then go with the LED. Much better all around.

Earl,

   You are right on the money with you analysis, my original Williams UP has a great

head light that looks incredible, others I have seen are way dim. 

PCRR/Dave

The simplest fix that doesn't require any real effort to speak of, is to replace the original WBB bulbs with 10 volt bulbs.

Curt

On most Williams engines the headlight is a # 53 screw-in bulb or similar, so you can replace it with an LED by just changing it out.

If your engine's light is not bright enough try running more cars with it.

I have never had to wire a Williams in series, if I would wire it in series a snail would look like a charging cheeta on my layout. I am using an MTH Z-1000 as power supply.

Lee F.

Good link Chris. I might try that with my engines as well. For just a few bucks one has to wonder why Williams and other makers don't just make this standard equipment.