[Nonfractal]

All fitted with lights 

Oreca has lights. A zmachine quad yellow set 
The oreca is a a reworked survivor of a DiSCA event.

The other 2, i'll rig up something but probably not a  full set.
Alan

[Mike174]

Hi guys hope you are all well.
I’m trying (for the first time) to add some pre-wired LEDs to my cars. What’s the best way to wire them up? To the motor, or from the guide area? Do they need resistors, if so what type?
Sorry for the newbie questions. 

[Nonfractal]

What’s the best way to wire them up? To the motor, or from the guide area? 

For a regular analogue car, it should not matter whether you wire to the guide or to the motor. 
The only considerations are tidiness and stress on the wires . Best select a connection point that does not move about too much. 
You might even consider splicing the led wires into the middle of the power wires. 
Did you chose a  connector to use? The lights will be in the body and the connection will be somewhere on the chassis so you will need a connector for the time you lift the body off the car. 

Digital cars run a fixed voltage the the guide and the onboard chip to drive the motor. 
If the light chip is oxigen, and you have slot it light rig,  plug right into the onboard chip.
A simple light rig (no brake light etc) wire the lights to the front ofthe chip (between chip and guide) so that the lights are on whether car is on track but Stationery) 
If the light circuit has brakes (bright red leds) and maybe even an exhaust flash, you have to wire it to the motor.

Voltage dropping 
I have wired circuits without resistors. This can be done by wiring all four or five leds in series. If they need 3v each this works well.
However, series circuits mean that one led failure knocks out all of the lights.

Parallel wiring is more reliable but does require (at least one) resistor. 
Use ohms law to figure that out volt = amps x resistance 
You'll need to know how current that the leds draw. 
Alternatively, sellers often offer suitable resistors.

Alan

[PaulCooper]

        Hi all 
Just a quick post to say I have built up my three for the event see attachments. 
First time I fitted lights too, so was an interesting task. ??
I had the z sets on a old car which I fitted to the Ford, they were a doddle to fit the only issue I had was to drill a hole in the headlights to secure the led bulb.
The Ferrari I went with the slot it pack, oh boy was this challenging, first select the right soldering tip and connect . But the biggest issue was getting space under the arches and with the long trailing connectors I had to really think about the angle and when to cut down ( best after soldering ) but overall I am pleased with the results and the task has increased my understanding of fitting lights.

[Graham]

 Hi Folks,

I am checking with the hosts that we are still on board for the October Proxy.

Here is the up to date list I have of current entrants, please check to make sure I have not left any of you off.

But as it stands we have now 19 entrants, which means that there is still room for one more

   

I am also very pleased to announce that there will be another George Turner prize for best presented Le Mans car as judged by the hosts 

[AdeC]

Out of curiosity, are people generally fitting front and rear lights or just fronts?

[Mike174]

If it helps any, i’m Only putting fronts in, even my class A car. I was lucky enough to buy the only model varient that came without lights, so i’ve had to fit some.

[tatter06]

Just fronts for mine, enough of a struggle just to fit those!

   

[Graham]

 Hi Folks,

 minimum of front lights (or light as in the case of one of my cars at the moment) are OK to get full points.

Here is an update of the entrants list to date 

   

[Graham]

I am delighted to announce that Pendle Slot Racing will be our main sponsors along with George Turner Models sponsoring  the "George Turner Prize"  for this event