RE: Looking for parts

[Edward Weltens <ed.weltens@sbcglobal.net>]

Mike,

The 75 Watt transformer is probably too small for a command environment with sound.  I cannot run one of my old MTH PS-1 locomotives with 4 can motors for more than about 3 minutes before my 75 Watt transformer cuts out.  The 90 Watt may be ok.

 

I would recommend the biggest transformer you can get for the price you want to pay.  At a minimum a 135 Watt brick from Lionel should work.

 

Ed

Pauwels Mike-rycl90 <Mike.Pauwels@motorola.com> wrote:

Scott,

K-Line offered to replace the smoke unit for free. I am mailing it out shortly. Thanks for all the help.

The next question will give y'all a chance to see just how deeply I'm getting sucked in to this. If I decide to go to a Command Control system, how big a transformer should I be looking for?. Hugh has at last count five engines which he would probably never have the space to run all at once, but let's say we could wnat to run three plus accessories.

We are currently running two separate transformers, 75 and 90 watts.

Regards,

Mike



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From: ttat-members-owner@aoot.com [mailto:ttat-members-owner@aoot.com]On
Behalf Of Scott A Smiley
Sent: Monday, December 01, 2003 9:45 PM
To: ttat-members@aoot.com
Subject: Re: Looking for parts


Do a search on Ebay for liquid smoke repair kit and you will find one
source for a replacement. i agree with Ed. on the whistle. Post war
just wanted a DC current. Current technology allows the unit to detect
the direction and thus allowing multiple operations, bell and whistle.

Scott

On Mon, 1 Dec 2003 10:32:06 -0700 Pauwels Mike-rycl90
writes:
> Y'all,
>
> I have taken apart Hugh's engine yesterday to find out why the smoke
> is intermittent. As someone had suggested, the resister had burned
> up. However I have not been successful in finding a replacement
> resistor (and the fiberous element covering it) anywhere on the web.
> Could someone direct me to a supply for these parts? The engine is
> a K-line, and I wrote the website for advice but so far no answer.
>
> I have also investigated why his tender whistle wouldn't work.
> After disassembling, testing, reverse engineering, etc. I found out
> that the whistle actually does work if the transformer connections
> to the track are reversed. In a conventional whistling tender, the
> whistle is activated by the superimposed DC on the track using a DC
> relay. The polarity of the relay was not significant.
>
> However with the electronic switch used by the K-line tender is
> polarity sensitive. When I reversed the transformer leads, the
> circuit switched the current properly. This brings me to a question
> for you experts out there. When the whistle switch is closed, is
> the center track supposed to be positive with respect to the outside
> tracks? Is that the way the club layout is wired? Do the club
> command controls actually apply conventional whistle signals to the
> tracks? (His whistle didn't seem to work on the club layout
> either.)
>
> Regards,
>
> Mike Pauwels
>
>
>
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