dave flint Posted March 28, 2012 Share Posted March 28, 2012 I'm trying to improve the running of my sons Thomas locos. I've spent a lot of time and effort trying to improve matters (and accept there are limits with their mechanisms) but I fancy one last try. The main offenders are the 040 and 060 locos, with poor pickups, short wheelbases, and high speed mechanisms. The use of stay alive modules is a prerequisite, and now that tcs offer this, I might try some of their smaller chips. I'm also hoping that their dither function would help matters a lot. Tuning it to give frequent, powerful kicks to these small motors should (i think) give better slow running. Any views on this ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravenser Posted March 28, 2012 Share Posted March 28, 2012 As a user of TCS decoders I'm not convinced dither will give you anything extra that back EMF won't - though I admit my diesels are a bit more sophisticated mechanically than Thomas and friends Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim V Posted March 28, 2012 Share Posted March 28, 2012 No it probably wont, plus the short-life motors fitted to these mechanisms could have their lives shortened even more. You should work on improving the pickups - which would be more effective use of your time. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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