DCC - Electrical
What is the best material for electrical pickups wipers
Once again I find myself throwing my bucket into the great well of knowledge.
I am interested in making electrical wiper pickups to get power off metal wheels on rolling stock. I have several ideas of how to make a set from wiper on metal axles to wipers on the back of the wheel. I am not really asking how to design them. The question I have is what to make them out of? I have heard of using stainless steal or phosphor bronze. Are these the best two choices? Does anyone help me pick the best material?
Art
Proto 2000 SW9 DCC Problems
Looking for some advice of a HO Proto 2000 SW9/1200 (920-41418) with factory installed sound decoder. Purchased the unit at a show, and after getting on the track discovered that the sounds work OK, but the engine motion seems to be incorrect. Unfortunately no manual with the box, so I can't figure out what settings may be. The engine initially was sluggish moving so I cleaned the wheels (although they didn't look bad) and noted a little improvement and the engine moved just fine.
Installing my first lot of ESU - LokSound Select Direct decoders...
To have a little break from the layout build I decided to start installing my two
ESU - LokSound - Select Direct decoders.
Looking for SPROG
I am looking for a Sprog III setup for my HO layout. I am close to Dallas. Tx and would need to see this working on a layout.
S.Outlaw
A question and a small gripe
I have a NCE starter system and the removable power cord, got moved to the pile of chords. Can someone look at theirs to tell me the output of the power plug. I looked in the manual and it says nothing.
And what part of good design makes it so common to ignore this simple little detail. Which is to label your equipment, including detachable plugs, so we can establish ownership a little easier...
Help - Detection and Signaling Strategy
Shown is my trackplan for moving into the yard. Track 94 to be the through track with 92 & 93, being arrivals and departures. My question is.... should turn outs 96/95 be separate blocks or could they be joined into 1 block for Detection and Signaling purposes?
Thank You,
Genesis MP15AC Problem
I know there has been many posts regarding the Genesis MP15AC problem with stalling. Mine has a factory installed Tsunami sound system. It has only been run about 1 hour. When it stalls the sound system continues on. Is it normal for the sound system to continue if there is a electrical pick up problem? It seems to me if there is a pickup problem the decoder would shut down. There is also some gear "grinding" noise it did not have originally(about 3 months old). Any suggestions beyond what I have already read regarding the MP15AC problem?<
ESU Cube Speakers & Close Coupling
Hi all,
I'm currently installing my first series of LokSound - Select Direct decoders into an Athearn RTR & Atlas Silver Series.
I purchased the decoders with the ESU (50321) Sugar Cube speaker 15mm x 11mm @ 8 Ohms. I've seen the discussion before about close coupling these speakers together and the kit comes with the pieces to achieve it but there isn't documentation or instructions about how to put the pieces together to achieve it.
MRH - Extra ESU decoder tester for sale: SOLD!
MRH ended up with an extra ESU LokSound decoder tester, so we're offering it for sale. ESU recently redesigned their tester, so this is the latest new tester design.
This is a brand new unopened tester, which ordinarily sells street price for about ~$48 plus shipping.
We'll sell it to the first taker for $40, postage paid.
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CFR- How to setup a Double Slip Switch in JMRI
Just a short video on how to set up a double slip switch in JMRI hope this is helpful for those of you using JMRI
Mike
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