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@texgeekboy posted:

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I connect the track power to rectifiers from Evans, which I then connect to edgelec 12v blinking red LEDs.  These work well with a single blinking LED.

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So you have something like the following?

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And this works (LED blinks as expected)?   It's just that the so-called rectifier says it is meant to drive a 3V LED whereas your blinking LED expects 12V.  But if so, then so be it.

@texgeekboy posted:

Thanks @Dtrainmaster.  Your suggestion was the easiest for me to try, so I did.  Unfortunately I could not get the non-blinking LED to blink, it was constant while the blinking one did blink.  Well, it was basically constant, I could see it dim just a little bit when the blinking one blinked....

To be clear, please confirm the non-blinking LED was placed in series (vs. in parallel) with the blinking LED?

BTW, does anyone know what an "18V resistor" is per the Evans description of their rectifier.

@texgeekboy posted:

...  I was thinking I could get the red blinking light to use that rod after I take most of the plastic frame out, remove the incandescent, and then put in the overhead warm white LED strip, along with GRJs LED lighting regulator to eliminate flicker.

Do you mean to hook up the above 12V blinking LED to GRJ's lighting regulator module?  In basic terms his module is in effect a constant brightness controller.  I think what you will find, and GRJ will chime in for sure, is when the red LED blinks ON, the white LED strip will dim...in effect keeping the overall brightness constant.  OTOH if I mis-read your post and you are using GRJ's module to strictly drive the LED strip...and separately powering the blinking LED (e.g., with the Evans rectifier)...then ignore my ramblings.

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