The Tam Valley unit uses a lithium pollimer battery. The system uses whatever controller your current DCC system uses. It is only used as a radio receiver and power source. Instead on sending the dcc signal through the rail, It does so over the air via radio. The battery then will give smoother operation because there is no worries about loss of power to the rails. As far as fitting into S equipment. For the steam guys, it'll be the tender where it goes and diesel guys will most likely have plenty of room either by the radiator or just behind the cab. Should be fun to see how it develops.
Thanks Michael Ostertag Green Bay, WI -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. Ed Kozlowsky <[email protected]> wrote: It's going to be interesting to see the price when it's finally available. I decided against the S-Cab because of it's high cost and modified decoders. The upside of S-Cab is that the battery circuit shuts it down automatically, and charging takes place from the rails, so all you need is a section of powered track to leave the locomotive on. I suppose there's no reason why the NWSL on-board charging unit couldn't be used with this set-up. Ed Kozlowsky Sanford, Maine www.SScale.org From: Pieter Roos <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2012 9:50 AM Subject: Re: {S-Scale List} Batteries was Re: AC vs DC Yes, that was it, thanks TCC! http://www.tamvalleyrr.com/wirelessdcc.html Pieter E. Roos --- On Wed, 6/13/12, Talmadge C 'TC' Carr <[email protected]> wrote: Cant be, S-Cab uses a proprietary controller. Read the message. Sounds more like Tam Valley. TCC:}
