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Re: Aaargh. L272 IC needed.
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lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto
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Tue, 17 Jul 2001 03:39:21 GMT
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In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, Calum Tsang writes:
> > (usually a very useful thing) it meant you had to throw the turnout once
> > your engine came off the isolated loop segment or it would stop as the track
> > would be dead.
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> We're going to have to modify switches if we're going full bore after train2.
I wonder if there is a way to cheat? That is, use track connectors to jumper
the power to the unpowered rail. I have to take a close look at a turnout
when I get home this weekend to make sure doing that doesn't cause shorts
but I don't think it does with this (rather heavily insulated, the frog is
divided, and the points contact plastic IIRC) turout design. This would be
something to do for folks that aren't ready to butcher switches yet.
I would leave many turnouts unmodified, I suspect, and only modify or jumper
a few key ones like reversing loops.
Tom and I were talking about what it would take to commercialise this a bit
(recall if you will I previously said I would rather buy some converted
motors than do the work myself because I am klutzy...) but we didn't think
of the "build your own receiver" route.
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| (...) IIRC there are pads on the bottom of the frog where jumper wires that could be soldered onto. But the track connectors idea is very doable, it should work great. (...) If you wanted to start a side business of selling integrated decoder plus (...) (23 years ago, 17-Jul-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| (...) Two things discouraged us from using something like the DN140 (IIRC) he used. There's a shortage of them, and every Southern Ontario train dealer has them on back order, AND everyone seems to overvalue their price. As a result, each DCC (...) (23 years ago, 17-Jul-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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