Rusty - you just hit on the reason that nickel silver drivers that actually slip on the rails when the motor approaches stall are a good idea. It is far better (and easier!) for the drivers to slip than letting smoke out of decoders because of a high amperage stall or emitting plastic and metal shavings from drive line parts. Some don't agree with that but I doubt many of them have to work on other people's locomotives.
Jim K. --- In [email protected], "thebrassbasher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I do not recommend you perform the first, wheels locked up test, > unless you are prepared to replace the universals in the model tested. > On mine the motor shaft applied enough torque to rip out the bore of > the universal piece that is attached to the motor making that part of > the universal totally useless. <skip> > Rusty (Rustermier) > ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
