05-09-2009, 07:15 PM
A 9V battery should do for most locos; this would be a good use for all those batteries we pull out of the smoke detectors 2x a year that still have lots of life yet. ( a 9V battery is handy if you need to check a loco where no regular power pack is available e.g. garage sales). If it won't run a 9V it needs a lot more work.
I haven't made a test track, but I think a yard of flex would be a reasonable start. The Kadee coupler height gauge needs to be isolated (they say there is a new one that's alreda insulated) by cutting a gap in one rail. Other end needs a bumper and/or a rerailer.
A set of rollers (when you're feeling flush).
Feeders off to a pair of screws for alligator clips, to terminal strip.
Ammeter and voltmeter?
I haven't made a test track, but I think a yard of flex would be a reasonable start. The Kadee coupler height gauge needs to be isolated (they say there is a new one that's alreda insulated) by cutting a gap in one rail. Other end needs a bumper and/or a rerailer.
A set of rollers (when you're feeling flush).
Feeders off to a pair of screws for alligator clips, to terminal strip.
Ammeter and voltmeter?
David
Moderato ma non troppo
Perth & Exeter Railway Company
Esquesing & Chinguacousy Radial Railway
In model railroading, there are between six and two hundred ways of performing a given task.
Most modellers can get two of them to work.
Moderato ma non troppo
Perth & Exeter Railway Company
Esquesing & Chinguacousy Radial Railway
In model railroading, there are between six and two hundred ways of performing a given task.
Most modellers can get two of them to work.