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Athearn U50 Install
Espeelark:
Time for an update.
I used 5630/5730 sunny-white LED's from Lighthouse LEDs for this application. They are wide enough to cover both OEM headlight lenses already installed in the shell. Also, before gluing the LEDs in place, I painted the inside of the shell with black paint to help assure no light bleed-through.
Here's the forward headlight and gyralight installed in place. I used canopy glue to glue them into place on the shell itself.
Here is the rear headlight LED.
Here's an overall view of the shell showing the leads for the lights. The leads have 2-pin connnectors on the end so that the shell can be removed from the chassis.
Espeelark:
Continuing with today's update.....
Here are the female pig-tails I made for the lights that will be soldered to the PCB bread-board and stay with the chassis.
This is a general overview after I hard-wired/soldered everything (except for the speaker wires) to the PCB bread-board.
And finally a closer view of the PCB bread-board.
After I get the speaker wires installed, I'll tuck everything into place using some Kapton tape. I'll post more photos when I get there.
Espeelark:
....and the final product.
All lights plugged in and the shell laying on its side.
A closer shot of the PCB bread-board.
Note - when I attempted to install the shell, there is a nose weight whose shape conforms to the rounded nose of the shell. It's a close fit and there wasn't any room for the headlight LED that I glued to the inside of the shell. I masked off the chassis with tape and paper-towels and got out my dremel and carbide grinder and took care of that! After that it was a "simple" matter of making sure all of the wires were tucked up as I put the shell onto the chassis.
Overall very happy with this install!
Mrpicks:
Just wanted to say thank you for the detailed information and pictures. I couldn’t believe that it there was a post depicting the exact locomotive that I wanted to convert. I’m not sure if I could have accomplished the install without the information you provided. Again thank you for your post, deeply appreciated. Just so you know I’m an old guy ( 70 ) who is incredibly intimidated by the electronics in these locomotives, you gave me the confidence to proceed.
Espeelark:
Careful there Mrpicks - I'm only a small handful of years behind you! We're just getting started!
Glad I could be of some help. I'm a big believer in paying things forward.
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