Bing Locomotive vs Current

Mikael,

if the wires are heavy then it is most likely the  lower 18volt type. Both the 18volt ad "heavy current" types are ac. If it is the heavy current type the motor will take about 50volts ac to run. (on 18 volts the motor will spin if you help it). Just be careful that the loco is not one of the 4-6 volt dc types that Bing made, but those are usually marked. (if there is a magnet instead of a wire wound field then it is DC) What loco is it (from what year do you think it was made)

If you are sure it is a wound field motor then I would try ac. Start at about 10 volts and see if it will run. If it tries to run increase the voltage and see if it will run. If you get to 20 volts and it will turn the wheels when there is no load on them then it probably is high voltage.

If you could put up pictures of the loco that would help with identifying the loco.

Roland

oh, it is not made by Bing but by Bub (it very clearly says ''KB'' on tender and loco). Looks like scale O Bub trains mainly run on 18 volt but again I'm not sure about it's AC or DC. The train is a little to big to be correct O scale in my oppinion, but I assume it is referred to as O scale anyway. I think it's made approx 1935 since the stuff I got with it is from around that year or older. Regarding pics, then I use skydrive to pics, but can't get access to my site right now - I will try again later today.

Mikael,

I believe Bub is 18v ac

Roland

Finally, a few pics of the train....

Mikael,

thanks for the pictures, I am reasonably sure that one will be 18 volt ac.

Have fun running it.

Roland