The wires are very small magnet wire. This wire is extremely
fragile and easy to break, so work slowly and carefully.
Magnet wire that has thin insulating varnish on it. To solder it,
you’ll have to tin it. Melt a dab of solder on your iron and dip
the end of the magnet wire into the solder. Hopefully the heat
will burn off the varnish, and leave a thin coating of solder on
the wire. If the varnish doesn’t burn off, use 800-grit sandpaper
to sand it off, then tin the clean bare wire with solder.
You can easily install SMD LEDs in small areas with magnet
wire. I purchase #40 from Remington Industries
. 8,304 feet of #40 wire sells for $9.30, and
16,609 feet sells for $15.45, basically a lifetime supply.
After installing the conductor’s table, I wired the three LEDs for
the roof, and the EOT LED. I connected the roof LEDs in series.
19. The electronic components. The metal tabs from the
trucks were soldered together.
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Extended-vision caboose - 9
MRH-Nov 2014
