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  1. melmerby
    Car tyres conduct electricity but the electrical resistance is still on the high side. They have carbon compounds in the rubber mix.
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    It can also be made to conduct electricity with suitable additives
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    My non smart central heating timer, now 13 years old changes with the clock changes. (MSF radio control?) My car has a touch screen DAB+ radio/media player/Satnav does not use the time data from the DAB signal and has to be set manually. My previous car same make, same range had a much more basic manual DAB radio/CD player and did get the time info from the DAB data🙂
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    Commuting is down, leisure travel is up. (more days off due to WFH)
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    Great. Looks like we've reverted to the previous layout. Obviously not what the punters wanted.
  6. melmerby
    How different is the Labour "Great British Railway" from the Tories "Great British Railway"? 🙂
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    How many multiple units does GWR own? How many Aeroplanes does BA own? How many buses does National Express own? The most expensive assets are normally leased these days.
  8. melmerby
    The TKcdu2 has 4x 35v 4700μF capacitors which I would've thought, should be enough to throw any solenoid. However 16vAC will give about 40% more DC volts at the caps.
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    Unfortunately they don't see too bothered what it looks like as long as they get the money. Just look at all the ghastly abominations quality collectables produced by Bradford Exchange.
  10. melmerby
    The DMM is perfectly capable or reading the voltage before the switch is operated. Is is usually quite a bit higher than 15 or 16 volts for reliable operation.
  11. melmerby
    Trouble is, they would blow away in the wind.....🙂
  12. melmerby
    Some of the later Black 5s had fixed electric lamps, they also had white discs for use during the day. One is the famous (4)4767 with outside Stephensons gear. There's a 1948 photo in Essery & Jenkinson's LMS locomotives taken at Preston with it carrying two discs in Express Passenger configuration.
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    I can see 6!😉
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    I would've done one years ago but unlikely now. not that steady any more.
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    I went on a Cumbria Round Robin with my wife in 2018. Most Northern services were a 37 + Mk2 set, but they were due to be retired so the train was packed with enthusiasts*. However our train was topped & tailed with a couple of 68s, which had rather upset them. *They were a PITA as they had bagged every forward facing window seat, even though many seemed to be travelling together. I was rather glad they had their 37 bash thwarted.
  16. melmerby
    If you are rerasonably confident at soldering, the Plux & 21pin should be doable (they are the same form factor with the male & female reversed). The Next18 might be a challenge.
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    Looks like the City of Baltimore is pinning the responsibility for the damage firmly on the owners as the vessel was "unseaworthy" when it left port: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-68883659
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    I got it and still didn't think it was funny........☹️
  19. melmerby
    BTW MTC21, Next 18 & Plux decoders dont need a stayalive to be wired to the decoder itself, as the +ve & -ve connections are brought out to the connector terminals.
  20. melmerby
    I would've thought many other makes are cheaper than Hornby. Train-o-matic also make stay alives in a variety of sizes, or you could build your own.
  21. melmerby
    One from Deshler on VRF:
  22. melmerby
    A nice IHB shorty at Blue Island just now:
  23. melmerby
    Maybe Hornby think all Black 5s are like 5000 when first introduced. Lots of polished steel, includiung the wheel rims..
  24. melmerby
    Poor start to the season due to the wet. Onion & Shallot sets only recently planted in the raised beds. Some Toms & Sunflowers on the go as well, not much else happening and to add to the problems my back is playing up, so no "hard"work.
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    Really? Firebox glow pathetic*, coupling+cams dodgy. I hope Hornby go more like Accurascale and less like Dapol, who are pretty good at cockups themselves. *let the decoder do it, not some unadjustble add on circuit, unless it is out of circuit when a decoder is used (include it on the DCC decoder blanking board?) (i'm basing my comments on the Mogul.)
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