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Re: Even more Wow!! for your buck!!! was Re: Woo Hoo!!!!! (part deux...)
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lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.trains
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Tue, 3 Jun 2003 14:10:46 GMT
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In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, Mario DeFacendis wrote:
> In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, David Koudys wrote:
> > the insulated gap. What is a big headache, however, are the switches--the train
> > invariably ends up losing comunication across the switches at any speed.
> > Doesn't happen all the time, but half the time the engine just shudders thru the
> > switch--and only on the turn--the straight thru seems to be less of a problem.
> > I have wired it up such that both sides are 'live' at all times, no matter where
> > the switch is, but still the train shudders thru half the time.
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> An easy solution to this is to have two locomotives in the train, each tuned to
> the same DCC channel. If one loco loses communication, the other will push it
> through the bad spots...
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> That probably why real trains have two locos, right? :)
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> Mario
Going to try that tonite--I own only 4 loco motors, and 3 are now converted to
DCC. Hopefully I'll get my hands on about 3-4 more motors and convert 'em.
But tonight I'll run 2 motors on one engine on one DCC channel and test that. I
think it should work flawlessly, from what I've seen, but surprises often happen
;)
Keep ya posted!
Dave K
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