Re: different topic
Greg, I don't know about you - but I only want to be running with a camera 'once in a while' ... not all the time.? So the 'camera in the gondola' works for me.? And the quality of the images is far
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Jim Betz
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#13332
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Re: Parallel track power busses
Greg so tricks to try¡ 1. Use a rail to rail indicator lamp at the entrance to the AR section and another on the AR section itself. Then observe which PSX unit cuts out for the 1 second of power
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Don Vollrath
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#13331
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Re: Parallel track power busses
I've purchased two PSX-ARs and hooked them up. Loco stalls entering the reverse loop, so I followed the instructions and programmed a delay into the PSX adjacent to the PSX-AR. Still stalled. At
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Greg Harter
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#13330
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different topic
I have a DCC F7 that is hooked up to a small camera centered in the lower headlight. Years ago I eliminated the 9V battery by using power from the DCC rails. The unit no longer works beyond 3 feet or
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Greg Harter
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#13329
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Peco SL-E99 3-Way Turnout wiring issue
Hello All, I just installed a PECO SL-E99 Code 100 three Way turnout on my Layout and my track is code 83 but I have transitional joiners? so solve that minor problem. I have two Tortoise Machines
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Tom Grassi
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#13328
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Re: Live Frogs AND Power Routing?
1. Note that the internal contacts of the Tortoise machine are not necessarily rated to carry power to other rails. Temporary power to the frog works OK. 2. Note that if both rails have the same
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Don Vollrath
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#13327
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Re: Live Frogs AND Power Routing?
In the following diagram (a revision of one of Allan¡¯s) the left DPDT switch of the Tortoise sends blue track bus power to either of the blue rails to the right of the turnout. In this case it is
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Michael Boyle
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Re: Live Frogs AND Power Routing?
Michael, I don't see the diagram, but with DCC, I'd recommend keeping track power control and turnout/frog control completely separate. Alex wrote: -- Alexander Wood Hartford-New Haven, CT Modeling
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Alexander Wood
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#13325
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Re: Image or diagram in a message?
Using MS Windows, - right click on the image (using the right mouse button to get a list of commands--select control-C from the list) *or* type "control-C"--either puts the image into the buffer.
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Verryl
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#13324
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Image or diagram in a message?
How do I insert an image or diagram into a message? - Michael Boyle
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Michael Boyle
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#13323
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Re: Live Frogs AND Power Routing?
Alex, Thanks for that reminder re: switch for engine facility tracks to reduce initial start-up draw. Bill D
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D B
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#13321
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Re: Live Frogs AND Power Routing?
Michael, For use with DCC, power routing turnouts need to be isolated so that they are not power routing. Further, power routing turnouts rely on the point rail contacting the stock rail for power,
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Alexander Wood
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Re: Live Frogs AND Power Routing?
If you search YouTube for Chadwick Model Railways there are videos of modifying Peco points and connecting Tortoises as well as operating them with DS64s.? He has a large Digitrax controlled
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Quentin Perks
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Re: Live Frogs AND Power Routing?
Thanks Steve, Unfortunately, these are all Walther's/Shinohara. - Michael
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Michael Boyle
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Re: NCE SWITCH-KAT users
Hi Vic, Have a Kato UniTrack layout with 20-220 & 20-221 turnouts that started with NCE PowerCab, no added boosters, NCE AIU¡¯s, BD20's, and Switch-Kat¡¯s to operated the Kato turnouts. As the Kato
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John Eldridge
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Re: Live Frogs AND Power Routing?
If they are Peco turnouts they are already power routing.? You can use the other set of contacts for power routing however keep the current rating?in mind .
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Steve Hubbard
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Live Frogs AND Power Routing?
Greetings, I am converting all of my turnouts to "Live Frogs," using the Tortoise Switch Machine. Is there a way to also make these turnouts "Power Routing?" Thank you, Michael Boyle
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Michael Boyle
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#13315
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Re: Digitrax PM 42
Great info. Thank you. Steven Tobias wrote:
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Steven Tobias
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NCE SWITCH-KAT users
Hi, I have an N scale KATO track system using an NCE PowerCab(no boosters) and all NCE hardware for DCC and JMRI. 1.? Has anyone experienced this problem: I?have?12
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Lawrence Varady
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#13313
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Re: Peco Electrofrog - dead leg
I forgot to mention Flux. I use the stuff from miniatronics.? increases soldering speed by several times. (1/4 to 1/8 the solder time). I do not solder anything anymore with using just a small bit of
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thomasmclae
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