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3. Volt Flickering Red LED
Hi All. I have been wasting my time on YouTube again, but, although there are bright ideas to be found,those ideas lack lustre? If you search eBay and cannot find the items that you wantI saw a clever person, on YouTube who had fitted a 3 volt Flickering LED on the rear end of a brake van, bright idea?
as far as it goes (that is if the van only travels in one direction). But that can be sorted in a fiddle yard.
But try as I may? I found everything ,that is apart from the "3volt Flickering LED (it has to flicker to represent an oil lamp, not flash) flash equals modern" The list, 3 volt battery, battery holder, fibre optic cable,switch,wiring,white metal 4 mm lamp,cheap eBay brakevan, the only thing that I cannot find is the blessed 3 volt Flickering LED.
The Modeller insists the he will publish a list of outlets where the equipment was purchased, but I don't know where or when. All the best. Kevin
So by Googling Flicker light circuit
I found these
Flickering LED Circuit | Hackaday
https://www.techwalla.com/articles/how-to-make-a-flickering-light-with-an-led
http://www.eeweb.com/blog/extreme_circuits/flickering-light-ii
NCE DCC ; 00 scale UK outline.
Example..
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