Art Dent Posted February 28, 2019 Share Posted February 28, 2019 On 26/02/2019 at 11:20, jamespetts said: May I ask what specification (i.e. thickness and width) of phosphor bronze that you used? Have you had a look at this post? link Art Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamespetts Posted February 28, 2019 Share Posted February 28, 2019 I have - and I had already bought some of that sort of phosphor bronze, but it was thick and stiff compared to the phosphor bronze used for the pickups on the model as fitted; the ones in the OP seem to be much more similar to those in the original model, hence the question. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAF96 Posted March 1, 2019 Share Posted March 1, 2019 I have been using ESU/DCCConcepts coach lighting pickups to replace the dire OEM loco pickups on some of my Hornby Pacifics. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
terryj Posted March 22, 2019 Share Posted March 22, 2019 just fitted some of those myself ,so easy one set to each pair of wheels and some single strand wire to daisy chain them together Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Buckner Posted March 22, 2019 Share Posted March 22, 2019 (edited) On 06/02/2019 at 09:43, 34theletterbetweenB&D said: Executed with superior materials choices and constructions than were seen on the likes of the Mainline and Bachmann split chassis steam mechanisms it is ideal. Some current mechanisms still use it most effectively 'unannounced'. For example I cannot fault the pick up and resulting running of the several Hornby Brush 2 and Bachmann Cravens DMU mechs on my layout. I can (the Hornby Brush 2). Frequent stuttering at random, all round the layout. With clean wheels. Other locos have had no such problems on the same layout. In the end, I just dumped it on ebay. Edited March 22, 2019 by Mike Buckner Afterthought Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
34theletterbetweenB&D Posted March 22, 2019 Share Posted March 22, 2019 3 minutes ago, Mike Buckner said: I can (the Hornby Brush 2). Frequent stuttering at random, all round the layout. Other locos have no problems on the same layout, and the wheels are clean. With six wheels on each rail spread across two bogies, this mechanism should have no trouble with current collection. This symptom can be produced by many other faults, a dry joint in a motor lead for example. Worth working through the circuit systematically to work out where the trouble is. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Harbour Posted June 15, 2020 Share Posted June 15, 2020 On 01/03/2019 at 20:55, RAF96 said: I have been using ESU/DCCConcepts coach lighting pickups to replace the dire OEM loco pickups on some of my Hornby Pacifics. Quick question n these pickups. Are the two wipers electronically separate? It looks like they are. By that I mean that you can run a wire off each side to provide the anode and cathode of a circuit - for example linking to an LED with a resistor. Thanks! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Bucoops Posted June 15, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 15, 2020 1 hour ago, Jon Harbour said: Quick question n these pickups. Are the two wipers electronically separate? It looks like they are. By that I mean that you can run a wire off each side to provide the anode and cathode of a circuit - for example linking to an LED with a resistor. Thanks! Yes they are - otherwise it would short the track out Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Harbour Posted June 15, 2020 Share Posted June 15, 2020 Obvious really! I can be a at times! D'oh! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Radish Posted June 16, 2020 Author Share Posted June 16, 2020 Ive noticed that adding these extra pickups greatly improves running on corners, where the wheel flanges contact the rails more, theres no reason not to do it really, in my case its changed my train from a occasional jerky runner to perfect running for only £2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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