Hello friends,
Recently I finished development of interior lighting boards for Märklin Z 88100 “Senator” train. It is an “exclusive” train, and it’s quite strange that Märklin refused to equip it with interior lighting like their ICE, ICE 3 and BR 601 trains, so I decided to fill this gap on my own
These lighting boards successfully passed all initial tests and they work very well and Senator with interior lighting got completely different, much better look. Set of 5 boards is required for one Märklin 88100 set. These lighting boards are equipped with warm white LEDs, and also have reliable flicker-free and soft-off features.
They are also digitally compatible. They don’t have own decoders, but for example, if you want to make Märklin 88100 train set digital (decoder with auxiliary output channel needed) or if someone will make a dedicated drop-in digital decoder for this train set in future, these boards can be easily attached to it.
I used white PCB color (instead of “traditional” green) for better light distribution. These boards have factory quality; I’ve ordered PCBs from one of local electronic manufacturers. Some soldering work is required for installation.
Here are some technical specifications:
● Voltage working range - 0-15 V AC or DC (at approx. 4-5 V LEDs start to ignite)
● Power consumption - 8 mA at 10 V AC or DC per one board; total consumption for set of 5 boards - 40 mA at 10 V AC or DC
● Flicker-free function
● Soft-off function
All attached photos are clickable for viewing in full size. Note: I also replaced stock yellow headlight LEDs with warm white ones in train on these photos (0805 SMD LEDs used, they are not part of lighting boards set). Any comments are appreciated