What must I do to solve this problem???

Model Railroader Layouts and layout building
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I have a unit that will give a red flashing light to the end car it is designed to work with D.C. … and it does this, perfectly . However, I am using DCC and of coarse the power is A.C. and the unit will not flash . What do I have add to this unit to make it flash and where in the curcuit would I have to fit it.??? CPPedler

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You will have to add two things:

  1. A diode bridge rectifier which today is just a chip to convert the ac to dc.
  2. a dropping resistor to keep the voltage under the requirements of the EOT device.

You should be able to fit both in a space roughly 1" square.

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Thankyou ndbprr , I shall try to get the parts tomorrow . God Bless You. CPPedler

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Geez, ndbprr, are you an electrical engineer, or something? You sure seem to have this stuff cold.

I’m impressed.[^]