Well I had my soldering gun out from last nights successful Thomas the tank engine repair and decided to try and fix our Beep problem too. We had trouble with our Beep stalling on our switches. When running two Beeps one would stall while the other pushed and then they would get out of sequence. The solution, tether the Beeps pickup rollers together between the two units. The Beeps work well together as an MU should.
Enjoy the video.
Ron
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Atlas track with numbered switches? Had the same issue with my lone Beep. I tethered it to a lighted caboose with the same satisfying results.
Bruce
I did the same on some of mine four or five years ago, tethering both center and outer wires between units and it works wonders all around, on switches and just on really low-speed smoothness. But RMT added tethers to all its BEEPs a few years ago, around the time they brought the BEEPS out, so its not a problem with the newer units. The fact that they added them means, I think, its the right thing to do what you did to an older one.
Atlas track with numbered switches? Had the same issue with my lone Beep. I tethered it to a lighted caboose with the same satisfying results.
Bruce
Just noticed they're not atlas
Just noticed they're not atlas
Scaletrax #4 and #6. We need both Beeps to push our Atlas Coaches up our grade, so this was a win win.
Ron
Ron,
Real nice tether fix, great stuff!
PCRR/Dave
I recommend a PTC in the hot lead between the two in case a derailment puts the roller of one of them on the outside tracks. For something small like the BEEP, I use a PTC in the 2.0 - 2.5 amp trip range.
OK John... Here is where people get to see through my BS. What is a PTC? I googled "electric PTC" and found heaters.
Further assistance with an explanation and or pics would be greatly appreciated.
vr
Ron
Great Info. Thanks for sharing it with me!
Ron
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