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Re: Idea for a track power pickup for non motored trains...
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Thu, 12 Feb 2004 21:47:49 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Mark Riley wrote:
> In lugnet.trains, Gustavo Brinck wrote:
> > Photos of the first stage
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> > http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=71993
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> Very nice! Do you get a lot of flicker in the LED as the car rolls along? I
> suppose you could do two wheels on each side to minimize flicker...
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> Mark
Yes the LED flickers, a little, and I will do the same with the others wheels,
it works and is very cheap. I need to work to improve the electric contact,
maybe this weekend
Best Regards
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| (...) With my CN engine I found it necessary to put a capacitor across the leads to smooth out the flicker. It worked quite well. I used the kind of cap that didn't have a pos or neg. it could be used both ways. (URL) This worked pretty good for (...) (21 years ago, 12-Feb-04, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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