dallee-electronics rl-adj v2 lighting Manuel D’Utilisation
Item #379
RL-ADJ
OVER
VIEW
: R
E
E
GUL
A
TED LIGHT
ING uses tr
ack pow
er
to pr
ovide illumination in car
s
or
a fi
a fi
xed sour
ce for
stat
iona
ry illu
minat
ion. Ma
ximum illumination is rea
c
he
d at appro
d at appro
x
imat
ely
1
.25 vo
lts above the set illumin
a
tio
n
n
voltage an
d remains con
s
tan
t f
o
r the balan
ce
of the
sp
eed r
eed r
ange.
REGULA
T
E
D LIGHT
ING gives
a mor
e
intense,
uni
form,
form,
illu
mina
mina
tion
, and
use
s
less curr
ent th
an othe
r types o
f r
eg
ula
tors.
ula
tors.
The RL-
A
DJ
is comp
letely
compatab
le with
our
DC
sound
sound
systems, LocoMatic sound
systems, and
all stand
ard
AC,
DC,
and
DCC
track power
with NO extra items req
u
ir
ed.
The
maximum input voltage is 25 volt
s
AC, 30
volts DC.
INST
ALL
A
TION:
All REGU
LA
TED
TED
L
IGH
TING devices are to be mou
TING devices are to be mou
n
ted w
her
e sp
ace
p
e
rmits. Installation
can be do
ne by atta
ching wire
s
to the existing 2 pin
conn
ecto
r's le
ads
fo
r track
p
o
wer
picku
p
and peelin
g the double sided tap
e
to
secur
e
th
e unit in the
positio
n desir
ed. DO NOT
allow any othe
r metal par
t to come in
contact with any par
t on the lighting boar
d.
This w
This w
ill damage
th
e lighting b
oard a
nd is no
t cover
ed unde
r any war
ran
ty!
ty!
This u
n
it
can
provide
up t
o
1/
2 am
2 am
pere
of
lighting load and has
lighting load and has
a
n
a
d
justable voltag
e
o
u
tput from 1.25
to 6 vo
lts. Since the vo
ltag
e is user
set,
any t
y
pe
lamp
or
other
other
load
in
the
the
range
gi
ven can
ven can
be
used.
used.
The lamps
inclu
ded are nominally rate
d
fo
r 2.7 v
olts, 0
.060
amp
s
, 60
00 hour
s. Most model railroad
type
lam
p
s a
re typica
re typica
lly
rated f
rated f
o
r 250
hour
s. If t
he pro
v
ided lamps ar
e oper
ated a
t a hig
her
voltage
their life
will be cut short
e
r, a lower
vo
latg
latg
e
will incr
ease their
life exponen
tially
.
A
good
setting fo
r the
sugg
este
d illuminatio
n
of
th
th
e
inclu
ded lamp
s is to set the pote
n
tio
m
m
eter at 10 o'clock
(see dia
g
ram below)
. With the la
m
p
s pr
ovided, the RL
-ADJ
can po
w
e
r a total
of 8. Fou
r lam
p
s have been supplie
d
w
ithou
ithou
t placin
g th
em so
that
you
can
place t
he lamps
as desired.
Extra
lamps ca
n be
pur
chased as item #
383.
Th
ere
ere
are
16 lamp
mounting pr
ovisions on
the boa
rd.
T
he boa
rd
is also designed t
is also designed t
o
be
broken
into
sectio
ns w
ith
jum
jum
per
wir
e
e
locations pro
v
ided.
T
he br
eakin
g loca
tion
s
are
sho
w
n by d
a
sh
ed li
ed li
n
e
s
with extra
holes drilled
thro
ugh th
e b
oar
d to
pr
ovide
an
ea
ea
sier
br
eak. If
br
eaking
th
e u
e u
n
it
into se
ctions, 2 wir
e
s
a
re req
u
ir
ed betwe
en to cont
inue
po
wer to the next section
wer to the next section
. If connectors for the en
d
p
ieces are desired, item #520 will ma
tch the pred
rilled holes.
If the
en
d
d
section is not requ
ir
ed,
discard it or ke
ep
it for a
nother
application.
As always with
electr
onics, use only rosin co
re
sold
er or
other
s ap
propr
ia
te for electron
ics, paste
so
lder
lder
fluxes, includ
ing r
o
sin p
a
ste
s
s
su
ch as "NOKORODE" w
ch as "NOKORODE" w
ill e
v
v
ent
ually destroy
wires and p
rinted cir
c
u
it bo
ards.
All so
lder
ing is to be
done
with an appr
opriate low w
a
ttage pen
cil tip iron.
After
th
e lam
p
s ha
ve be
en placed
into
th
eir
appr
appr
opriate location
s, pe
el the
d
o
uble sided ta
pe and adh
ere to a clean surface. If mor
e
double side
d
tape is r
equired it can be pur
ch
ased
ased
as item #388
. Item 388
is a p
roper
tape for
use with elect
ronic equipm
ent. W
e
also o
ffer
1.5 an
1.5 an
d 5 volt lamps with wir
e
lea
d
s w
h
ich can a
lso be used o
n
this r
egul
ator
as w
e
ll.
Things to look for
when installing:
2 r
a
a
il ope
rator
s
:
sho
u
ld
make
make
su
re the
re the
pickup w
heels a
re on
the same side of e
a
ch
truck. If not, a
truck. If not, a
sh
ort w
ort w
ill
occur
when
the ca
r is place
d
on the
track. Make sure
each
truck picks up fr
om an o
pposite
rail.
If not,
the
lights will n
o
t come on !
Conne
ct t
he
he
R
ed wire
to the r
igh
t rail p
t rail p
icku
p
and the
gray wire
to the left hand
pickup.
3 r
a
a
il op
erator
s:
the center
rail should be
con
nected to the
red wir
e
and the
gray wire to
t
he outside ra
il pickups.
The ou
tsid
e r
a
a
il pickups ar
e usual
ly the chassis or
trucks with ap
propr
ia
te wipers for
the outside ra
il.
Illumination of
a dr
umhead on a str
eamlin
ed pas
seng
er ca
r is easy! Dr
ill out the end of
the ca
r and drumh
ead to
a
llow a lamp
to
pass th
rough
fr
om th
om th
e insid
e
. Place a
lamp
in
po
sitio
n
8
, po
in
in
ting it
out the re
ar!
Y
ou will be ple
a
se
d
d
w
ith the re
sults.
If y
ou have
to
sho
rten the
boar
d to fit it, do
so.
T
h
is position
rotate
s the
filament in the
lamp
for be
tter en
d illumin
a
tion
.
Dra
fting
type
p
aper is an exce
llent choice
for a lig
h
t dif
fuser
inside the car
along
the windows.
This help
s
dif
fuse the light
fuse the light
w
ith
in the
car
pro
v
iding a mor
e
uniform ap
peara
n
ce.
Y
Y
ou might al
so
con
con
s
ider
placing
re
flective m
e
tal d
u
ct ta
pe along the insid
e
roof to
reflect
the
light do
wnward within the car
.
If tw
o minia
ture 1.5
volt lamps are
needed,
simply p
lace them
in se
ries and
conn
ect
them to one
of the lamp po
sitio
n
s o
n
n
the li
g
h
tin
g
g
boar
d. Item #38
4 co
ntain
s
five Red 1
.5v
lamps.
lamps.
T
o
use
LED's place them w
ith th
e co
rre
ct po
ct po
lar
ity in series wit
ity in series wit
h
an appr
opr
iate
resistor
. Whe
n
se
tting
tting
the lamps to 2.7 volts,
a
resistor
from 6
8
to 100 o
h
ms w
ould be app
ropr
ia
te
and ne
eds
to be placed in se
ries w
ith
each LED..
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Leola, PA 17540
(717) 661-7041
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Power
Input C
onnector
some lamp installation locations
jump
er connections - us
e wire
jump
ers if
board
split into
sections
cut li
nes
1.2
5
1.5
2.7
3.7
5
4.75
5.8
6.2
Output
Adjustment