How does QSI's sound compare to Tsunami's? Let's limit this to EMD 567s, figuring everyone has been widely exposed to both prototype and models.
--- In [email protected], Don Thompson <don@...> wrote: > > What happens when a Tsunami is at it's limit? I think I know as we have run > a ton of stuff on the display layout for 6 to 8 hours, up and down a 2% grade > with up to 24 cars. With our steam engines, some of them would work just > fine for the first day or so, but later they would just stop and their lights > would flash. I knew what that meant, the decoder was too hot. We would open > the water hatch the next time we ran that decoder. But, once they got hot, > we knew it would happen again at sometime. We saw this the same with the F7A > units when they had all the lights on (Mars light version only) running on > the display layout for longer than 5 or 6 hours. No water hatch to open > here. This is one of the reasons for these two engines we switched to the > QSI rev. U's and now the Titan's. The 1.6 amps did make a difference. We > never had one overheat. We never had a switcher overheat too. The draw half > the amount as the 2-8-0 or F unit motors... > Don > > On Oct 13, 2012, at 5:11 AM, Bill Lane wrote: > > > > > Just curious.. is anyone here sure they killed a decoder because it was > > overdrawn? I am pretty sure I have not done that. Further it has been many > > years since I had a bad decoder at all. In the past year or so I was > > talking to Soundtraxx and they mentioned they are sure the Tsunami is good > > for a continuous 1 ½ amps and possible a peak of over 2 amps. > > > > > > > > The minute decoders are sold as "blank" only is the day I buy my last sound > > unit. NOT interested in becoming a sound engineer too . > > > > > > > > As Jim mentioned about LokSound, when I last used them the speaker > > selection was awful, and very limiting because of the 100 ohm system. > > RailMaster has greatly changed that with their line of 100 ohm speakers, > > but I am sticking with Tsunamis and 8 ohms. The RailMaster speaker I just > > put in my AS16 was significantly smaller than my preferred unit but it > > still sounds good. > > > > > > > > Thank You, > > Bill Lane > > > > Modeling the Mighty Pennsy & PRSL in 1957 in S Scale since 1988 > > > > See my finished models at: > > http://www.lanestrains.com > > Look at what has been made in PRR in S Scale! > > > > > > > > See my layout progess at: > > > > http://www.lanestrains.com/My_Layout.htm > > > > Custom Train Parts Design > > http://www.lanestrains.com/SolidWorks_Modeling.htm > > > > PRR Builders Photos Bought, Sold & Traded > > (Trading is MUCH preferred) > > http://www.lanestrains.com/PRRphotos.xls > > > > ***Join the PRR T&HS*** > > The other members are not ALL like me! > > http://www.prrths.com > > http://www.lanestrains.com/PRRTHS_Application.pdf > > > > Join the Pennsylvania Reading Seashore Lines Historical Society > > It's FREE to join! http://www.prslhs.com > > Preserving The Memory Of The PRSL > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ 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/
