Simplified wiring? How about no wiring! assuming you don't care about signaling and use ground throws.
Ed Kozlowsky Sanford, Maine From: up148 <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2011 8:41 AM >Subject: {S-Scale List} Re: Battery-operated Radio Control DCC > > > >There's been a lot of discussion the last year on the OGR 2R Forum about >battery power. One prolific modeler whose articles appear frequently in OSN >has switched entirely to battery power with his 1st install being a 44 tonner. >The batteries are contained in the loco and he gets an hour or better of >switching/run time per charge. Not a lot of time for mainline running I'll >admit, but certainly a good start. > >It seems battery technology has advanced to the point that self contained >battery operation is possible in smaller locos and I think this would include >"S". Actually, battery power has been possible for years if you didn't mind a >tag-along battery boxcar to house the batteries. > >The hope is that one of the major manufacuters (Bachmann, Lionel, MTH, Atlas, >Etc., will jump in and the technology should advance substantially. > >The thought of simplfied wiring and lack of shorts sounds very interesting >since I'm working up plans for a layout. > >Butch > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ 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/
