[CBQ] Re: n scale dcc question.

["wollffee" <wolfee@usa.com>]

Thanks.  Isn't that one of the reasons you install all the dcc 
circuitry?  I thought the dcc chip included stuff like that.

--- In CBQ@yahoogroups.com, Bill Hirt <whirt@s...> wrote:
> wollffee wrote:
> 
> > My CB&Q Kato E9 has a headlight that is way too bright.  I checked 
out 
> > the replacement amber light at the hobby shop and it is still too 
> > bright and the color looks weird.  If I install a dcc unit, and run 
on 
> > a dcc track, with dcc control, then will I be able to adjust 
headlight 
> > brightness independant of the loco speed?
> > 
> 
> Not as far as I am aware of. You will need to add a resistor to one 
leg 
> of the light (likely an LED if Kato) to cut down the current draw. 
That 
> will cause the light (LED) to dim.
> 
> Bill Hirt




 
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