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Re: Track Switch solenoids
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lugnet.trains
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Mon, 30 Nov 1998 21:48:15 GMT
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On Thu, 19 Nov 1998 01:39:31 GMT, Larry Andersen
<neonglass@earthlink.net> wrote:
:My problem with using pneumatics for the job is that the pistons stick
:after sitting for a while. You have to break them loose manualy before
:they will work normalyy again. I forsee another problem using them for
:my layouts since the distances are so great. From the control spot it's
:sometimes 10 feet to a switch. That's a lot of air hose to fill up
:before the switch actuates.
Well, yesterday I found an early set of pneumatic (with the piston
having just one hole, and an extra brick in between), and when i tired
it out, the piston still moved with air power. This had been sitting
unused in a box somewhere for literally years (I know, I put it there
and then forgot :) )
HTH.
Jasper
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| (...) My problem with using pneumatics for the job is that the pistons stick after sitting for a while. You have to break them loose manualy before they will work normalyy again. I forsee another problem using them for my layouts since the distances (...) (26 years ago, 19-Nov-98, to lugnet.trains)
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