Well, since resistance soldering is once again on the back burner, thanks to Nicholson's Law where nothing works for me like it does for everybody else, I commenced ballasting on the big curve between Bonaparte and Mt. Zion.
The procedure here was to put in a sub layer of ballast consisting of good 'ol SE Iowa Rhoad Dhurght (found only in SE Iowa, by the way). I tamped it in around the ties, checked the cross level of the curve bank, and secured it with Future floor wax. The Test was running a train over the main line. This was successful, and I suspect no further problems unless visiting dignitaries should show up. Then there will probably be springs, parts and profanities flying all over the place, but for now, operations are on track. Bud Rindfleish, where were you last weekend? Bob Nicholson --- In [email protected], "shabbona_rr" <user141771@...> wrote: > > A while back, I built a resistance soldering unit per some information I had > on the subject. While it worked using a pencil lead with an AF 50-Watt > transformer, the 50-Watts was not powerful enough to make it work with a > carbon welding rod. > > Over the weekend, I picked up a dual throttle AF 18B 175-Watt transformer, > which I assume works out to 87.5-Watts for each throttle. While it appears to > be capable of doing the job, all it really does is trip the circuit breaker. > > Two questions: > > 1. - Can I connect the two sides in parallel for more power and less strain > on the circuit breakers? > > 2. - What else am I doing wrong? > > Bob Nicholson ____________________________________________ > ------------------------------------ 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: [email protected] [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/
