HOW-TO LED Headlight Conversion Kit & Basic DCC-Sound for Athearn Locomotives by Scale Sound Systems
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- Опубликовано: 16 сен 2024
- A video tutorial demonstrating how the Scale Sound Systems LED Conversion kits are assembled and installed for Athearn locomotives. A basic sound install follows showing the ease of installing Scale Sound Systems drop-in speakers. Finally, we see and hear the locomotive in operation.
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Nicely done and nicely explained
WOW!!! Now that is what lights should look like. AWESOME WORK!!
Thanks so much for making this video. I was going to order a few kits, but was apprehensive before watching this video! Thanks for this and your awesome speakers.
JT, I enjoy watching your videos because they inspire me to have all my modifications done by you! :0)
Haha...thanks, but they're meant to inspire you to be able to do them yourself! I'm here to help if you need it.
Awesome Video JT!!!!
I would sincerely hope that speaker which replaces the weight is at least close to the original weight or you just gimped a bit of pulling power, of course most people don't run realistic train lengths so probably not an issue here. Great walk through.
No resistors in the light wiring?
The LokSound Direct has LED resistors built-in.
@@Musepro7 Thanks. I didn't hear that if you mentioned that point.
What type of camera holder are you using to film? I think I need to make a video or two like this.
I use one of my heavy-duty microphone boom stands from the recording studio, fitted with a camera-shoe mount adapter. This lets me boom the camera over the workbench without getting in my way. The camera is a Canon SL3.
So if you were to light up the pilots (courtesy lights) and running lights , which LEDs would you use?
I use 0402 LEDs or Nix Trainz Loco Lights for those.
JT, I am going to install a soundtraxx eco onto my Athearn RTR GP40X shortly. Your video is very helpful save for a little confusion on my part. I took the hood off and found but one track pickup front and rear. Am I correct? Also is the positive motor wire attached to the clip on top of the motor? Thanks.
On these RTRs, the trucks each have one wire; this is your right rail pickup on both. The left rail pickup goes through the frame to a single wire on top; this is your left rail pickup for both trucks. I do no recall which motor clip is positive - you'll need to test for your self. If it moves in the wrong direction, simply swap the two wires on the decoder contacts. You can test the motor by using a 9V battery - touch the two motor wires to the battery contacts and when the loco moves forward on your workbench, the Wie touching the positive battery contact is your positive wire.