Just to put things in perspective, assuming your teen years were around 1960, my inflation calculator tells me that $.32 gallon of gas would be $2.29 in today's dollars. The value of things don't really change all that much.
Ed Kozlowsky Sanford, Maine >________________________________ >From: Bob Werre <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Sent: Monday, November 14, 2011 2:02 PM >Subject: Re: {S-Scale List} Re: Bulb Burnout > > > >In my teen years and very rarely in years following, I used to get rid >of the Sticktion problem by laying rubber with my parents car. Of >course tires were $10 ea and gas was $.32 and the local cops weren't around! > >But on a more serious note, I have been using a couple of RR amp meters >from Tony's. They never seem to vary more than a 1/10amp without trains >running and perhaps 2-3/10's when a couple of engines are pulling a >drag. Voltage is similar--maybe 2/10's volt. > >In all the years I've been installing mini bulbs, I don't think I've >ever burned one out. I have broken the wires however. I certainly do >not relish trying to string wires through a boiler up into a headlite >casting. > >Bob Werre >PhotoTraxx > >> These spikes budge the motor and break loose the friction (called >> "sticktion" by some). Once the motor gets moving, the spikes dissipate >> away and things return to normal DC. T >> > >> >> Other DC power packs do have higher-than-normal voltage "occurances" >> from time to time. Especially the cheap power packs. DCC systems are >> also known to have higher-than-normal voltage "occurances" from time >> to time. Most of these are of very short duration and there are no >> immediate obvious effects resulting from them. >> >> >> Cheers....Ed L. >> >> > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > [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/
