"Ian Jackson" <ijackson@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
news:9dF*Opefs@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> What an astoni****ng design. Well, err, forget most of the rest of
> what I said. I had assumed that these things were actually controlled
> somehow rather than just waiting for the short and then flipping.
That's the way all auto-reversers work.
> I did a bit of websearching and it suggests that they're adjustable.
> That is, the current at which they flip is adjustable. Have you tried
> increasing it ? This will (as the sites I saw agreed) increase the
> energy in of the sparks and thus the damage to the wheels each time
> they operate but such damage is inevitable with the design.
Damage? Nope. I've been running auto-reversers on my club's layout
for
7 or 8 years, using an MRC, a Digitrax' PM42, and a Digitrax Booster set
up
for it. I've never seen sparks at the electrical isolation gap of an
auto-reversing section in use. The reversers are so sensitive & quick
that
they trip without sparks. Honest.
Paul A. Cutler III
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Weather Or No Go New Haven
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