OO Gauge Hornby R7338 Maglight for 4/6 Wheeled Coaches – Coach Lighting

OO GaugeHornbyR7338 Maglight for 4/6 Wheeled Coaches – Coach LightingThe Maglight system consists of an LCD strip, small button battery and a reed switch. Once installed the lights are switched on and off by just passing a ‘magnet wand’ over the coach roof.
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Item Length – Without Packaging (cm) – 11cmProduct InfoIn many instances a coach fitted with lights has to relymainly on collecting power from the track via a copper pick up strip pressingagainst at least one of the coach’s axles. By its very nature such friction onthe axle creates drag and therefore reduces the number of coaches that can bepulled behind a locomotive. For rakes of coaches being pulled by a largelocomotive such as a Pacific this may not prove to be an issue but for a fullrake of four and six wheel coaches being hauled, for example by a Terrierlocomotive or something similar then traction issues may result but not if thecoaches are fitted with Hornby’s new Maglight system. The Maglight system is anew development by Hornby that provides lighting in coaches with minimum fussand no excessive drag because power is provided on board the coach and not by atension pick up on the axle. The Maglight system consists of an LCD strip,small button battery and a reed switch. Once installed the lights are switchedon and off by just passing a ‘magnet wand’ over the coach roof. The smalleasily replaced button battery provides in excess of 200 hours of power makingthe Maglight system a simple but effective way of lighting coaches with theminimum of fuss. The new system is already fitted to many of the new six and fourwheel coaches but for those who wish to retro fit the Maglight the installationis both simple and very effective. Maglight also allow the modeler to beselective as to which coach lights are on or off and without the need toinstall expensive decoders. regardless of the power being supplied to thetrack.