Can anybody tell me the maximum recommended DC power supply voltage for the new UR91 universal receiver? Also, I cant find the relevant manuals covering the...
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Dick_Bronson@xxx.xxx
Sep 1, 1998 1:38 pm
Ted, I use 10K ohm for mine, but that is for use with my own design of detectors. Check with the Digitrax instructions for their requirements, but I think they...
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Michael Greene
mgreene@xxxxxxxxx.xxxx
Sep 1, 1998 12:41 pm
Are you outside the US? In the US the UR91 comes with a power supply. Don't know about outside. I think it's basically the same specs as for the UP3 (if you...
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Gary Rantz
gfrantz@xxxxxx.xxxx
Sep 1, 1998 1:08 pm
Ted, I've been using JayBee resistor wheelsets now since they came out and they seem to work very well with Digitrax, WinLok, DS54's, BD-1's, etc. I'm using...
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Dale Bryant
livewire@xxxxxxx.xxxx
Sep 1, 1998 1:23 pm
... Larry -- Can you suggest what coupler I will need. I think I will go get a boat load of them!...
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Bruce Friedman
BFRIEDMA@xxxxxxxxxx.x...
Sep 1, 1998 1:39 pm
I have a Chief and a Big Boy. The Big Boy runs a 2nd power district with a Loy's Toys 16V AC power supply. No problems. I had a 14V Regulated DC power supply...
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Larry Puckett
lpuckett@xxxxxxxxx.xxxx
Sep 1, 1998 1:59 pm
Dale--the exact coupler will vary with locomotive type, just like Kadees. Even Kadee has a plastic shaft coupler. For Athearn and LL locos I like the McHenry...
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LarEyman@xxx.xxx
Sep 1, 1998 1:51 pm
the power supply that comes with the UR91 is 13 volts...
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Larry Puckett
lpuckett@xxxxxxxxx.xxxx
Sep 1, 1998 2:07 pm
Bruce--that doesn't sound right at all. I've run DCS100s on 16 V AC for hours without ever having the unit shut down. Does it do that when attached to the...
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Larry Puckett
lpuckett@xxxxxxxxx.xxxx
Sep 1, 1998 2:29 pm
Bruse--I meant to ask "does it do that when NOT attached to the layout? Larry J. Puckett Contributing Editor Model Railroading Magazine Past-Modeling Editor,...
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Dick_Bronson@xxx.xxx
Sep 1, 1998 3:15 pm
Bruce, It is NOT normal for the Chief to get hot unless you are loading it down with a lot of engines or some other big loads. If it gets hot just sitting...
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Bruce Friedman
BFRIEDMA@xxxxxxxxxx.x...
Sep 1, 1998 2:51 pm
I'll try that test. I have a fairly large layout. 54 engines actually sitting on the layout. Some with lights on. 400 freight cars. All with metal wheels. But...
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Larry Puckett
lpuckett@xxxxxxxxx.xxxx
Sep 1, 1998 3:05 pm
Bruce--now we may be getting somewhere! Consider that each lit bulb can pull down 30 milliamps and each detecting wheelset is betenn 10K and 20K ohms...
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siol
ipc.corporation@xxxx....
Sep 1, 1998 4:20 pm
Hi ! I've recently purchased Digitrax Chief. In the past year or so I've used Winlok DirectDrive with some custom made hardware for running my trains. I use...
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Jon Miller
atsf@xxxx.xxxx
Sep 1, 1998 4:32 pm
Bruce, I use a TTX (Tonys Train Xchange) 18 volt 10 amp transformer. I have measured the AC voltage at the Chief input and it is 18.3 volts, no load. With no...
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Larry Puckett
lpuckett@xxxxxxxxx.xxxx
Sep 1, 1998 4:56 pm
Jon and others--actually if you want to get the most out of Digitrax boosters you have to have the fan. The booster components are rated at 5 amps max but the...
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Dick_Bronson@xxx.xxx
Sep 1, 1998 6:49 pm
Larry, He is actually dropping from about 22V (DC internal) to 12V with the 16VAC input and 14.5 V to 12V with the DC input! (due to the input rectifiers and...
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Ross Webster
sams@xxxxxxxx.xxxx
Sep 1, 1998 6:02 pm
Hello My name is Ross Webster I am new to this list and only started into DCC in March, or so in my G scaleGarden Railway in Canada. I am using the Chief with...
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Larry Puckett
lpuckett@xxxxxxxxx.xxxx
Sep 1, 1998 6:17 pm
Dick--that may be true but all of those cars are a part of his overhead that's putting the constant draw on the boosters. I've always said that you should be...
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KATHIES TRAINS
KATHIES.TRAINS@xxx.xxxx
Sep 1, 1998 8:13 pm
Bruce Call Me 1-800-400-0478 bob i have a fan you can have free ... From: Bruce Friedman <BFRIEDMA@...> To: digitrax@onelist.com...
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Geren Mortensen
gcmhobbies@xxxxxxxxx....
Sep 1, 1998 4:52 pm
... Also, check to be sure that there is not a short on LocoNet. I've seen that literally fry a booster, and make a DCS100 run very hot. Geren W Mortensen Jr ...
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Dick_Bronson@xxx.xxx
Sep 1, 1998 9:34 pm
Larry, What you are saying and what I am saying is not an either/or situation. I'm trying to explain that running 16VAC as an input is causing Bruce a LOT more...
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RICK SESTER
MEMPHISDIGITAL@xxxxxx...
Sep 1, 1998 10:13 pm
Ross: I have done six of the LGB Mougals with sound over the past two years. The first thing I would suggest is to power the sound board directly from track...
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Ross Webster
sams@xxxxxxxx.xxxx
Sep 1, 1998 10:32 pm
Thanks for the input Rick I live in eastern Canada outside of a city called Toronto. Ross...
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Don Crano
donc@xxxxxx.xxxx
Sep 1, 1998 11:07 pm
Bruce, Just catching up here. But something does sound strange on your Chief heating problem here. I think I am reading this as with a DC input you have either...
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John M. Wallis
John_M_Wallis@xxxxx.x...
Sep 1, 1998 11:37 pm
One more item to consider is lighted passenger cars, if any. The current used by the lights in those cars counts towards the total current calculation for the...
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Sue & Fred
sue.fred@xx.xxxxxx.xxxx
Sep 2, 1998 3:02 am
Bruce, One price you pay for the simplicity of a transformer-only supply is the heat generated thanks to those extra volts on the filter caps. Short Tutorial:...
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Jon Miller
atsf@xxxx.xxxx
Sep 2, 1998 3:54 am
Not having played with power supplies for years, but will gamble and make the following comments. 1) The Chief has specifications printed in the manual and it...
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Claudia Krumsee
bunkie@xxxxxx.xxxx
Sep 2, 1998 4:16 am
Just what I was looking for someone with common sense that you very much I Have to agree. I will have to regulate my power! Thank you...
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galtx@xxxx.xxxxxx.xxx
Sep 2, 1998 3:33 pm
Does anyone have experience using the PR-1 Windows software with 386mhz computers and if so what problems were encountered. Can these machines successfully...
