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Re: Lubricating axels, etc.
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lugnet.trains
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Wed, 1 Aug 2001 14:45:42 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, James Powell writes:
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> > Thanks, Larry.
> >
> > I'm using a 2 motor engine and a 1 motor engine. Both are ~24 stud MOCs. I
> > suppose I should swap some motors around to see if there are problems with
> > the motors I'm using. I first tried just the 2 motor engine to pull the 4
> > cars, and it couldn't cut it.
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> I'd tend to think that it is a electrical issue. I have hauled 92(IIRC) cars
> with a single motor- so, you should be able to manage 4 with one motor, under a
> suitable engine (reasonably heavy). Do the wheels slip on the engine? or does
> it just slow down away from the power point to a crawl? If it slows down, then
> you need to add another power connection (put it right across from the first
> one, connect it with the long (128cm) wires, you may have to switch the wires
> around by 180 the first time to get the train to move at all-otherwise, divide
> the track into 2 sections (electrically) and power using a 2nd transformer
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> So:
> if fault is slipping-make heavier engine
> if fault is slowing down away from power supply, add 2nd connector wire ect...
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> But, a single motor should pull 4 cars without any problem at all...
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> James
> (off to play with DCC :)
I went back and looked at what was happening again. The problem is
definately slippage and not lack of electrical power. I added 2 of the
weight bricks and that helped quite a bit. I was able to pull the 4 cars
from 4561 then with just the one 2 motor engine.
However, the engine is still working very hard to do this (even if it isn't
slipping). The carriages from my 2 4561 sets seem to be very heavy compared
to my other cars and the wheels don't seem to roll particularly well. I
took the little cars out of the car transporter carriages to lighten the
load some. Has anyone else noticed this?
Thanks for all the responses.
Regards,
Steve Martin
IndyLUG
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| (...) [snip] (...) No, there has to be something wrong with your wheel blocks. Maybe they have collected lots of dust, maybe they have a quality lack.... If you put your waggons on a table with straight track on it and you make a slight ramp out of (...) (23 years ago, 1-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| (...) I'd tend to think that it is a electrical issue. I have hauled 92(IIRC) cars with a single motor- so, you should be able to manage 4 with one motor, under a suitable engine (reasonably heavy). Do the wheels slip on the engine? or does it just (...) (23 years ago, 30-Jul-01, to lugnet.trains)
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