Great! As I said I look foward to following your progress. Bernard Kempinski's layout is just fantastic. So real looking. That is what I will strive for.
Butch Holtgrieve --- In [email protected], Peter Vanvliet <groups@...> wrote: > > Hi Butch, > > As a follow-up, Neil Stanton reviewed my web site article yesterday and > commented that there is nothing factually wrong in it. He did, however, > mention that I had forgotten to mention that there is the two-battery > option for those engines with higher current draw, if you can fit two > batteries in the engine. This would not extend the running time but > would rather keep the same goal of 1- to 2-hour runs without recharging. > The battery I show in my article is a 1000maH 3.7V one that the battery > circuit board converts up to 11V (or thereabouts) at 300mA. The 300mA is > for driving the motor and the LED light, if applicable. The two-battery > solution provides the same 11V but produces 500mA. Note that if you use > the Tsunami, it is going to eat up a lot more juice than the NCE > decoder. Everything will work, but your run duration may be shorter if > you are running on unpowered track (depending on how many of the sound > features you use and the volume). I'll update my article with some of > Neil's additional info, probably this weekend, if I have time. > > As an aside, Bernard Kempinski, of Alkem Scale Models, converted one of > his Civil War-era O-scale engines to S-CAB with battery power and > Tsunami decoder, so the system works with (presumably bigger) O-scale > motors: > > http://usmrr.blogspot.com/2012_09_01_archive.html > > I have gutted my NW2 so far. It looks like the battery will indeed fit > flat, horizontally inside the body. I had previously tried it in the > center of the body and it didn't fit. What I found out is that the body > shell is slightly narrower (bowed-in) in the center as compared to the > front end. I am able to fit the battery in the front of the engine (with > the speaker removed). With that resolved (theoretically, at least), > fitting the other two boards shouldn't be a problem. I will write an > article when I have it done. > > I have not opened up my RS-1 (kit by Railmaster), but just from holding > the battery outside the body, it is clear it won't fit, unless I can get > it in at an angle, but I know things are tight in there, even if I > remove the Tsunami and the speaker. That one is going to be a real > challenge. > > I have the ABA configuration of American Models' FA-2 engines and those > are cavernous. Fitting two of the batteries in each of the A units along > with the other two circuit boards (even a Tsunami with speaker and > external capacitor) is not going to be a problem. > > One of our club members had me do some work on his SHS F3/F7 a while > back, but if I remember correctly it is a bit tight in there. Your > approach of using a semi-permanent hook-up with a dummy B would > definitely work. Another idea is to consider removing part or all of a > weight. I know I had to do that to some of my N-scale engines back in > the day when I tried to get a DCC decoder in those. It was a real > challenge with an N-scale SW9, but I did it. Judging by the pulling > power I saw the SHS F3s demonstrate at Bill Lane's earlier this year, > giving up a little bit of weight should not cause any operational problems. > > - Peter. > > > On 12/19/2012 12:34 pm, up148 wrote: > > Way to go Peter. I'm very interested in this technology so I'm glad to see > > you took the plunge. The BPS board sounds like the way to go if it will > > handle the amp load of "S" scale locos. > > > > Very interested to see how your installation goes. I found the info and > > product explanation on your website to be very helpful (as always) and you > > actually explained some items better than the S-Cab website. > > > > I figure if the BPS isn't large enough (amp wise) to handle a SHS F3 loco > > and if there isn't enough room inside the "A" unit for a larger battery, > > board and speaker, I'd just make a dummy out of a "B" unit and put the > > battery(s) in it and run jumpers to the "A" unit. I'd like to run an ABA or > > even ABBA and I don't care if they all carry the same address as they'll be > > a permanent consist on my layout. > > > > Look forward to your progress. > > > > Butch Holtgrieve > > > > -- > > Peter Vanvliet (peter@...) > Houston, Texas > > My Model Railroad Site <http://pmrr.org/> (RSS feed > <http://pmrr.org/rss.xml>) > Fourth Ray Software <http://fourthray.com/> > Houston S Gaugers <http://houstonsgaugers.org/> > N.A.S.G. <http://nasg.org/> > -- > ------------------------------------ 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/
