I'm looking to buy some bulbs for my Lionel #65 Yard Lights. Can't seem to find them on line - my e mail is in my profile.
Thanx,
Paul
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Anyone use led in yard lights?
I converted our MTH yard lights to high output LEDs.
Originally Posted by Laidoffsick:
I converted our MTH yard lights to high output LEDs.
Laidoffsick - Is this a tedious process or an easy modification? I'm sure it requires more than simply inserting an LED bulb.
Paul
The #65 yard lights use the same bulbs as the floodlight towers, so Lionel part #600-2313-300 is probably the bulb you would need.
Converting the Yard lights to LEDs is another idea, and it is fairly easy to do. Remove the existing glass bulb from the plastic adapter, and slide the LED through the little holes in the plastic adapter (bending the leads back to let the LED sit in the fixture). Solder a and the appropriate resistor to one of the yellow wires coming out of the light's base. If the light doesn't illuminate, rotate the bulbs 180 degrees and retest. You might want to consider a voltage regulating circuit to limit the input to about 5VDC, otherwise the LEDs may overload and fail. If you connect the bulbs to an AC source, you will have to add a diode to convert to DC.
With the plethora of LED bulbs on the market in almost any color, you can easily duplicate the warm white color of the original bulbs, or try something in the cool white/daylight white to simulate mercury vapor or HID bulbs. The ultrawarm whites (around 2200k) would produce a nice orange glow to simulate high pressure sodium bulbs.
-John
If you are looking for the exact replacement bulb, there were only 2 listings that I could find that had the bulbs. One of course is from Lionel @ $1 each, just search the above ref. bulb number AcelaNYP posted. The other source is WWW.SUPERLUMINATION.COM, their price is $1.99 each. Superlumination site, you have to scroll toward the bottom of home page, and close to the bottom of page is the section for TRAIN bulbs. They have just about any bulb you could want, plus extra train related items.
I have plenty of original bulbs @1.25 each. Contact in profile.
Chuck
The #65 yard lights use the same bulbs as the floodlight towers, so Lionel part #600-2313-300 is probably the bulb you would need.
With the plethora of LED bulbs on the market in almost any color, you can easily duplicate the warm white color of the original bulbs, or try something in the cool white/daylight white to simulate mercury vapor or HID bulbs. The ultrawarm whites (around 2200k) would produce a nice orange glow to simulate high pressure sodium bulbs.
-John
Originally Posted by AcelaNYP:
The #65 yard lights use the same bulbs as the floodlight towers, so Lionel part #600-2313-300 is probably the bulb you would need.
Converting the Yard lights to LEDs is another idea, and it is fairly easy to do. Remove the existing glass bulb from the plastic adapter, and slide the LED through the little holes in the plastic adapter (bending the leads back to let the LED sit in the fixture). Solder a and the appropriate resistor to one of the yellow wires coming out of the light's base. If the light doesn't illuminate, rotate the bulbs 180 degrees and retest. You might want to consider a voltage regulating circuit to limit the input to about 5VDC, otherwise the LEDs may overload and fail. If you connect the bulbs to an AC source, you will have to add a diode to convert to DC.
With the plethora of LED bulbs on the market in almost any color, you can easily duplicate the warm white color of the original bulbs, or try something in the cool white/daylight white to simulate mercury vapor or HID bulbs. The ultrawarm whites (around 2200k) would produce a nice orange glow to simulate high pressure sodium bulbs.
-John
Hi John - I would love to try the "LED" route but my inexperience with resistors and diodes makes me back away from trying them.
Thanx again,
Paul
Originally Posted by Harleylito:
Originally Posted by Laidoffsick:
I converted our MTH yard lights to high output LEDs.
Laidoffsick - Is this a tedious process or an easy modification? I'm sure it requires more than simply inserting an LED bulb.
Paul
It was fairly easy. I posted some How To stuff on here somewhere when I did the MTH towers but can't seem to find it now.
Here's an old link for converting the Lionel lights to LEDs
Fantastic! Thanx for finding the link, Laidoffsick!
Easy to do and the cost is very low, much less than the cost of new incandescent bulbs. Also, you can do this in your Model "A."
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Laidoffsick/Bobby - the diagram makes it very clear!! Thank you for finding it. Due to my inexperience with LEDs, what is the purpose of using a resistor?? What does it do??
Thanx,
Paul
The purpose of the resistor is to limit the amount of current going through the LED. LEDs typically work with current in the range of 20 to 30 thousandths of an amp.
Got it, Bobby - thanx for taking me to school today!
Paul
