MTH 20-3079-1 PS3 conversion

Lou1985OGR Forum Member

I just purchased a MTH 20-3079-1 Santa Fe "Blue Goose" Hudson https://ogrforum.ogaugerr.com/...62#88717484123966662

The locomotive has no wiring harness or PS2 5V boards. I have a couple questions before I go about installing the PS3 upgrade kit in it.

1. The locomotive has all the lights in the boiler. Currently they are wired to the bridge rectifier that allows the locomotive to run in forward only. I'd like to wire them to get a constant 6 volts DC, like they would connected to the factory boards. Is there a small AC to DC buck converter I can mount in the boiler that would turn 18v track AC power to 6v DC to power the lights and marker LEDs? If not what is my best option to turn 18v AC to 6v DC for the lights? I also will have to add an inductor to the power feed to the lights as part of the PS3 kit.

2. I have a couple of PS2 smoke units. Can I use these unmodified with the PS3 kit?

Thanks for any help.

6/28/191:31 AM

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