The way the system would be best utilized, would be to power your layout, but leave out the tricky sections. Such as not powering turnout loops or any other tricky trackwork. By doing that, you can use the battery extended life keep alive capacitor and never have to worry about charging. Jeffrey Ngowe
--- In [email protected], "Greg" <gelems@...> wrote: > > I saw this at the NTS in Sacramento. Dave at NWSL said it can be charged on > a layout that has 12 Volts DC or 13 Volts AC while operating or on a > dedicated track sitting. It is a compact system that fit inside an HO car > the size of a passenger car with plenty of room to add details if one wished. > The battery looked like one out of my cell phone. With DCC interface > between the R/C and motor meant the control they sell with their system could > control up to 15 units. > > Greg > > --- In [email protected], Peter Vanvliet <pavanvliet@> wrote: > > > > I just came across this link: > > > > http://www.nwsl.com/cab > > > > The beauty of such a system is, of course, that the delicate electrical > > connection between rails and wheels (and brass pick-up strips) is > > completely by-passed. There is more "user" information at this > > discussion thread: > > > > http://freerails.com/view_topic.php?id=3146&forum_id=45 > > > > I have no first-hand knowledge of this system; I'm just extremely > > interested and will someday start to experiment with this. It would put > > an end to electrical pick-up problems, at the cost of having to charge > > batteries. > > > > - Peter. > > > > -- > > Peter Vanvliet (pavanvliet@, or peter@) > > Houston, Texas > > > > "It is easy to give up; anyone can do that..." > > > > http://pmrr.org/ (my model railroad - RSS feed <http://pmrr.org/rss.xml>) > > http://fourthray.com/ (my company) > > http://houstonsgaugers.org/ (model railroad club) > > -- > > > > > > [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/
