@Rayin"S" posted:Tom,
The cap will reduce the flickering, and if I remember correctly you run conventional rather than command. You might consider using the 5v LED strips, you would need a higher value resistor to protect the strips or use one of the tiny DC regulators, which is my preference, found on the auction sight. Those regulators are what I have used, one per car, at under a buck each,
Ray
That’s what I assumed the capacitor would do. On a H0 YouTube, the DCC Guy demonstrates that the cap actually eliminates the flickering. That’s why I was surprised a Terry’s statement about flickering.
I do run filtered, regulated, DC from a 13.8 VDC power supply. GRJ had a link to 5Vstrips in one of his post, however the link went to 12V strips. The ones I’ve been able to find are cool white rather than warm white, I would be concerned the cool white would be too bright. But I am in uncharted territory here so I really have no idea.
And while in uncharted territory, changing the design to use DC regulators with a bigger resistor is beyond my pay scale… I would have no idea. Are you using the 5V LED strips with youir DC regulators?
Still lost,
Tom Stoltz
in Maine
