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  1. Dagworth
    The Digikeijs own software. Andi
  2. Dagworth
    I'm having trouble with the programming track output on my DR5000. When not in programming mode I can drive a loco on a track connected to that output so I know all the connections are good but in programming mode it just shows No Load. Am I missing something obvious? Andi
  3. Dagworth
    Bear with us, Cresta Fever is next, victims are known to froth at the mouth Andi
  4. Dagworth
    How about the Knightwing kit as a starting point? http://www.knightwing.co.uk/cgi-bin/commerce.cgi?cart_id=&product=OO-HO_Building_Kits&pid=167 Andi
  5. Dagworth

    DR5000 success. Lenz LH100 and two phones all able to control trains at the same time. 

    1. 7APT7

      7APT7

      All good news then, and I take it, you would recommend the DR5000 now it is all working...

  6. Dagworth

    3-word game

    Dagworth replied to ste234's topic in Wheeltappers

    after a curry
  7. Dagworth
    The Bachmann 20 is far more controllable, the Lima one tends to be overpowered for its traction tyres and so rips itself to pieces. Andi
  8. Dagworth

     Just bought a Digikeijs DR5000

    1. 7APT7

      7APT7

      NICE... How does that compare over the Lenz Set90 or Set100 system... I would be interested to hear...

    2. Captain Kernow

      Captain Kernow

      I bought a Dyson the other day, does that count?

       

    3. Dagworth

      Dagworth

      I haven’t got it yet but I intend to still use my Lenz handsets with it alongside other options. 

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    3-word game

    Dagworth replied to ste234's topic in Wheeltappers

    pan of potatoes
  10. Dagworth
    Which pan does your 86 have and why do you need to replace it? andi
  11. Dagworth
    I've just found my own writing in one of the repair books! Andi
  12. Dagworth
    I'm not going to get involved in advising manufacturers of colours for models but I'd suggest that Jamie's RC422 is more likely to be the grey of blue/grey than the lighter colour of APT vehicles. I believe the APT colour should be Exec light grey? Andi
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    3-word game

    Dagworth replied to ste234's topic in Wheeltappers

    makes them bellow
  14. Dagworth
    There are caps on the motors themselves, you can see one poking out from the motor below the red wire on the lower loco in the photo. There are also caps on the PCB that would be better removed. Most modern Bachmann locos have three caps around the motor, one from each brush to the motor can and one between the brushes. It takes quite a bit of work to get to them! Andi
  15. Dagworth
    There's full track voltage with DC at full pelt too. On a commutator the gaps get constantly refilled with carbon as they pass a brush twice every revolution of the motor. Such gaps on the track that have opposite polarities are relatively few and will only get carbon in them when the graphite is applied. That small amount will get burned away very rapidly if it does make contact across the gap (so quickly that you'd be hard pushed to notice it) Andi
  16. Dagworth
    Once the brushes get softened by the oil then yes the graphite will gather in the commutator gaps where it will have full motor voltage going through it so yes it will burn. You don't get that problem on the rails as you don't have a source of refreshed graphite every rotation and you rarely have full track voltage separated by such small gaps. Andi
  17. Dagworth
    I'm guessing that graphite cannot oxidise and so remains conductive? A layer of graphite over the rail heads will protect the rail from oxidising too. Andi
  18. Dagworth
    Anyone else find that sometimes the black dog sits on the bit that you need to do next on a project and the only way to remove him is to go and do a different project altogether? I've had him sitting on one of the Ravens boards recently stopping all progress on that project so moved on to a small distraction called Catspaw until the dog goes for a walk somewhere else. Andi
  19. Dagworth
    Isn't this the same drawing Clive posted on the 13th? Andi
  20. Dagworth
    The arched bridge on the Up side of Derby Road (Ipswich) on the Felixstowe line used to show clear scarring where oversized boxes had unintentionally increased the loading gauge a bit. Andi
  21. Dagworth
    The ESU Switch pilot decoder can operate both solenoid and servo point machines http://www.esu.eu/en/products/switchpilot/switchpilot-v20/ Andi
  22. Dagworth
    My barriers are built from an etch that Brian Hanson made up for me to my own design, the motor housing are just plasticard boxes around a bearing mech that goes below the baseboard to the servos. No idea when they went from bells to warblers I'm afraid Andi
  23. Dagworth
    I'd not seen the Viessmann crossing before, interesting to see that a manufacturer has finally done folding skirts. Looks like they have used much the same principal as I did on my own crossing. This is driven by RC servos Andi
  24. Dagworth

    Much easier painting rails before ballasting!

    1. Clive Mortimore

      Clive Mortimore

      That will learn ya. :tomato::tomato::blackeye:

  25. Dagworth
    The top diagram with only the single resistor will blow the LEDs as you have full track voltage across them with no resistor Andi
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