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That dealer is familiar and he stocks just about everything bulb related.  Did you just plug the LED bulbs in and use them that way or did you rectify the current to them?  LED's are DC devices but I've used them on AC for years on outside 12 V landscape lighting ( 6 hours a night) with no ill effects and they are still all burning

As far as I know screw in type are not offered yet. I only run them at 18 volt so I’ll have to check on lower voltage for conventional operation. They are a drop in replacement. No mods needed at all. When you look at the car from the side you will see each LED same as you see the incondecent bulb. These LEDs are not warm like the ones offered by GRJ which are superior but they do offer a quick solution for low amperage and heat. 

The light disperses in the car really well. I may look at these for my cabooses.

FWIW, I bought some warm white LED bulbs that were not warm enough for my taste. So I painted the LED yellow /white mixture and it looks much more of what I wanted. The LEDs I'm referring to were not an LED inside of a glass bulb. I painted right on the diode. 

Too bad, it looks like MTH uses a christmas light push in type bulb. Anyway here is how to get the cars apart, which has been answered in the past.  I may have a different solution to try, 18v leds resistor is pre wired 9 bucks for 20 on ebay they are warm white. Perhaps not flicker free, no caps. I am running LC at 18 v DC.

Old Mike

Just search this to find them. L125wm pre wired

  • L125WM-20pcs-Pre-Wired-5mm-WARM-White-Led-Lamp-Light-Set-12V-18V-NEW
 

https://mthtrains.com/sites/de...ction/30ps10781i.pdf

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The ones at Town & Country are nowhere near the $6 per bulb price quoted. I've used lots of them, and really like the way they decrease the amperage. You don't need to rectify the current.

The  cool white makes the cars look like they have fluorescent lighting inside, the warm white more incandescent.

gladstone23 posted:

So you are saying I can simply replace my incandescent bulbs in my MTH  passenger cars with these? Do you know the price per bulb?

As long as they are the bayonet type the answer is yes. Early MTH cars had 4 bulbs in each car so the LED replacement will be a great heat and amp solution. I got mine at York after talking to the owner of Town and Country. He stated that these were new and not the same as the LED style already offered for signals etc. I can’t remember what I paid for the box. Give them a call, very helpful. 

I don't understand how these can work well when they only have a 120 degree spread.  I would think that you would want an omnidirectional bulb.

Even though they are classified as warm white I would appreciate a Kelvin spec.  I have gotten "warm white" bulbs that are too blue.

Alan

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