QUOTE (enby @ 14 Aug 2007, 22:08)
<{POST_SNAPBACK}>Edwin - do you still know in which forum you saw that? As for the day/night lights, probably someone from elfansafety was worried the headlights might dazzle stray rabbits.
cheers
Norman.
I gather there's a rule against linking to other forums on here, but I think it was the ngauge-modern Yahoo group about 18 months ago. The poster had just fried the LEDs - I think Dapol had wired them common cathode so needed a total rewire to work with decoders.
The latest headlights are very much brigther than earlier types and the problem of dazzle is very real. For instance a train driver blinded by the headlight of something coming the other way may fail to see and sound the horn at a track worker, with potentially tragic consequences. I've worked trackside in the past so I for one welcome anything that makes this hazard less likely - as well as the bright headlights that make trains much more visible from a distance even in daytime.