afleetcommand
Well-Known Member
So three "MTH" situations, First, an articulated 2-6-6-6 Steam Locomotive that works just fine & has no battery. Has Sounds & Stream No ProtoSound. I think the best option from MTH for the "conventional" powered layouts like mine. I may upgrade all of mine to this configuration over time depending on the cost.
TWO a articulated ( 2-8-8-2 ) With fried boards.... essentially a tender with junk inside. Very expensive to replace hence the "work around" concept. SO I was wondering why couldn't I just "eBay" a suitable generic rectified to convert my AC track voltage to DC and feed the MTH "plug" with raw DC. It's what the MTH card would do anyway, so that was the genesis of this project to simply test the concept. SO 8 dollars later for a rectified and 12 for a used MTH pig tail.... a like cut and hack later ended up with a running locomotive that STILL has steam. Just no sound or direction change.....which neither are things I care about. Also no "controls" for the advanced systems. Just a simple straight forward locomotive the goes one wat well, WITH steam and seems to use less amperage than before. I think this is the beginning of a few concept videos as I want to build a good sound system in a car all the steamers can drag.....a box car possibly. Also will put a direct 'switch" in somewhere, maybe an e--unit. Just because I can. Then move to learning how to debug the actual cards, starting with Lionel's
THREE an MTH 2-6-0 with PS2 that works just fine, but needs the battery replaced. I don't like having to keep track of that type of thing.
SO Hill Top Saw Shop ( Chainsaw logic ) meets MTH Electric Trains
TWO a articulated ( 2-8-8-2 ) With fried boards.... essentially a tender with junk inside. Very expensive to replace hence the "work around" concept. SO I was wondering why couldn't I just "eBay" a suitable generic rectified to convert my AC track voltage to DC and feed the MTH "plug" with raw DC. It's what the MTH card would do anyway, so that was the genesis of this project to simply test the concept. SO 8 dollars later for a rectified and 12 for a used MTH pig tail.... a like cut and hack later ended up with a running locomotive that STILL has steam. Just no sound or direction change.....which neither are things I care about. Also no "controls" for the advanced systems. Just a simple straight forward locomotive the goes one wat well, WITH steam and seems to use less amperage than before. I think this is the beginning of a few concept videos as I want to build a good sound system in a car all the steamers can drag.....a box car possibly. Also will put a direct 'switch" in somewhere, maybe an e--unit. Just because I can. Then move to learning how to debug the actual cards, starting with Lionel's
THREE an MTH 2-6-0 with PS2 that works just fine, but needs the battery replaced. I don't like having to keep track of that type of thing.
SO Hill Top Saw Shop ( Chainsaw logic ) meets MTH Electric Trains
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