Satan's Goldfish Posted March 23, 2015 Share Posted March 23, 2015 I here less than good long term reviews on the reliability of the Peco code 100 double slip. But how does the code 100 single slip compare? (Yes code 75 is better, etc, etc, but this question's about the 100). Cheers guys, THAT IS ALL Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Satan's Goldfish Posted March 24, 2015 Author Share Posted March 24, 2015 Bumping this, someone out there must have experience with them. Anyone?! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Clive Mortimore Posted March 24, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 24, 2015 I have never had a problem with the Peco slips I am using. The single slip has less moving parts otherwise they are the same. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold RFS Posted March 24, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 24, 2015 I have a number of code 75 slips. One issue I had is equally likely to occur with the code 100 variety. After several years usage with PL-10 motors one of the blades had worked loose in the tie-bar and was starting to cause derailments. When I came to reuse my 6 slips for a new layout, I found several others were loose to. However, Peco repaired them all free of charge despite their being several years old. Now I use Tortoise slow-action motors and have removed the springs, so change-overs are much gentler and don't strain the tie-bars so much. No problems since. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Satan's Goldfish Posted March 25, 2015 Author Share Posted March 25, 2015 Cheers guys, that's good to know and good customer service from Peco! Clive, have you been using slowmotion motors or solenoids to throw yours? Thanks Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Gwiwer Posted March 25, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 25, 2015 I use a Peco code 100 double-slip powered by two underfloor PL-11 motors. It's outdoors (yes, outside the house in the more-or-less open air) and has been for about eight years now. It gives no trouble at all and throws reliably every time. It also passes current perfectly using only blades and joiners for connectivity. The only and very occasional issues are rolling-stock related with just one or two vans a little reluctant to run through it in the straight direction and sometimes preferring to "go their own way" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Ray H Posted March 25, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 25, 2015 We originally installed a Code 100 Insulfrog long crossing on our club layout. We had been given some of the pointwork and bought the rest. The boxes were thrown away long before the items were fitted to the layout. Consequently we can't be sure of the origin or age of the crossing. We had continual problems with short wheelbase locos e.g.0-6-0s - stalling on the crossing as the non-metallic rail section pieces were seemingly (inadvertently) designed to be an exact match for the wheelbase of some of these locos. In the end we removed it and replaced it with a Code 75 Electrofrog version plus the Peco code 75/100 adaptor rails and our problems vanished. I don't know whether the slips use the same insulated rail section configuration. You may not be affected if you're always running bogie locos and multiple units. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Gwiwer Posted March 25, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 25, 2015 I don't know whether the slips use the same insulated rail section configuration. No, they do not. The geometry is somewhat different because of the slip rails. An "insulfrog" double-slip will create a back-feed of current to all routes unless it is insulated either with plastic joiners or by the use of insulfrog points or both. I have very little trouble with anything stalling on mine including diminutive 0-6-0 A1X "Terriers" and class 0298 0-4-2WT Beatties. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Clive Mortimore Posted March 25, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 25, 2015 Cheers guys, that's good to know and good customer service from Peco! Clive, have you been using slowmotion motors or solenoids to throw yours? Thanks I use Seep point motors. As for stalling, that can be a problem with some older locos, like Tri-ang 31s but more modern locos with their flywheels do not seem to encounter this problem. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Silver Sidelines Posted March 25, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 25, 2015 Hello SG I have had no problems what so ever with my Code 100 single slip with two underboard Peco point motors. Some interesting comments about electrical continuity. Five years ago I used the single slip specifically to replace an insulfrog diamond which did cause locomotives to hesitate. No problems now with the single slip although I cannot use its 'turn left' slip function as the radius is more like a right angle. I will also add my support for Peco. I have well over 100 of their electrofrog points and when the blades on one point sheared off it was repaired by Peco free of charge. Regards Ray Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Satan's Goldfish Posted March 25, 2015 Author Share Posted March 25, 2015 Hello SG I have had no problems what so ever with my Code 100 single slip with two underboard Peco point motors. Some interesting comments about electrical continuity. Five years ago I used the single slip specifically to replace an insulfrog diamond which did cause locomotives to hesitate. No problems now with the single slip although I cannot use its 'turn left' slip function as the radius is more . I will also add my support for Peco. I have well over 100 of their electrofrog points and when the blades on one point sheared off it was repaired by Peco free of charge. Regards Ray Hi Ray, thank you, that kinda confirms all my pondering on the matter. the video of how extreme the angle of something passing over them is interesting. I have 2 locations in mind where I'm thinking they may he useful, the first is a plan based on Wymondham so all that would curve over it is light engine and the odd wagon slowly so that's not too bad. The other setting is in a curved station throat.....that may require more thought! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Silver Sidelines Posted March 25, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 25, 2015 Hello SG The right angle effect of the Code 100 single slip does mean that a lot of the bigger Bachmann engines and tenders cannot be close coupled. It is not a speed thing you simply need a bigger gap between engine and tender. Regards Ray Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Satan's Goldfish Posted March 25, 2015 Author Share Posted March 25, 2015 Cheers Ray, I generally aim to keep things '2nd radius' compatible anyway so I should be ok there. The visual impact of it suddenly hitting a curve that tight is more the obstacle to overcome. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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