How many BCR's do you have?

I've got about 10 engines that have received BCR "transplants," and I think they're great.  I'm like you...a lot more engiens than my small layout will allow, so it's very convenient to be able to take an engine out of months of storage and have it up and running in about a minute.

I have probably another half dozen BCR's that I bought at York last year that will eventually replace MTH batteries when I get around to it!

- Mike 

I have several engines, 2 PS1, 6 PS2 and some oddballs.

NO BCR's in the house. I have replaced the battery in just one PS1 engine, the rest are fine.

If you run the trains every month I don't see the need to change up.

For those only running at Christmas I agree, a BCR is a better system.

I think I have 7 MTH engines and I put BCRs in all of them. While some claim they never had battery issues I did not find that to be true with mine. Although having that battery in their engines saved me a wad of money cause I stopped buying their engines.

EDIT: The BCRs have worked very well for me, just remember to let them charge for 1 minute on the first start-up.

A bunch. They work fine in QSI {QSIndustries}, PS-1, and PS-2 systems. One saved my cranky MTH Premier Reading GP30 from "the three clanks of death."

Apply 10 volts for 1 minute and a loco is ready to go.

I have 10.  No problems with them.

Over 50 no problems so far.

Dale H

I have them in all seven of my PS2 engines.  About a year ago I swapped all the batteries for BCRs.  Never had issues with any batteries (although one did die, which prompted the mass replacement).  Primary driver was I'm in the once in a while carpet central / Christmas mode, so they're convenient for that.  Also figured if I ever need to store any for a longer period of time (years), wouldn't have to worry about leaks, etc.     

I have a couple of BCR's and about 10 BCR clones.  I'm replacing them as I open them up.

I have 2 BCR's.  1 in 1 engine and 1 on my shelf.  My shelf is running and sounding great.  LOL  Maybe someday I will get around to installing the 2nd BCR. 

Rick

I have 42 engines with BCR's.  No problems, no worries.

Paul Edgar

I only have 3 ps2 engines - and with the help of my friends on OGR I replaced the batteries with BCRs this week saving a ton of money by doing the job myself - it was easier than I thought - I bought them from J&W Electronics - Wayne was real helpful in processing my order too.  

Now it only takes me one minute to "power up" each engine and no worries about worn out batteries.

I have one BCR. It came out of a friends PS-1 engine. I removed it and replaced it with a correct battery and reset his chip for him after the BCR failed and scrambled his chip.

I have a BCR in all of my PS2 engines since, obviously, my PS3 engines don't need them. I think I've got about 11 or 12 PS2 engines and 2 PS3 engines. 

I'm ashamed to admit this, but I have two BCRs--both of which are still in a drawer and not in locomotives.  I'm going to need more than 50 of them at some point, but at the present time I only buy PS3 locomotives.  I really hate taking locomotives and/or tenders apart to replace things, but I know it's just a matter of time before those screwdrivers are going to see some action.  Currently, everything actually running on the layout is PS3 (which I am very happy with).

One of the BCRs I have came free from a dealer with an earlier model PS2 locomotive I bought last year. I thought it was really great for a dealer to provide this above-and-beyond level of service and he will definitely get more orders from me in the future even if they are not items that require a BCR.

Hey Allan,How's it going?

What do you think of the Ps-3 sound's?

I'm not really thrilled with it,not much at idling cab chatter,better engine idle sound's though.

But the random idle chatter sound's are a little disappointing

Actually prefer the Ps-2

Joe:  

To tell you the truth, I'm not a big fan of the cab chatter in either PS2 or PS3, and given the relatively low volume I keep things set at, I generally can't even understand what is being said (unlike Lionel cab sounds which are considerably more distinct).  

Engine sounds in PS3 seem, to me, to be very similar in quality to those in PS2.  But again, I don't have things blasting loudly when I'm running trains.  I tend to like slow running and relatively low sounds consistent with what I might hear if I was standing a distance away from a real-life locomotive and viewing it at about the size of the O gauge model.  Not an exact science, to be sure, but it works okay for me.

Horn, whistle, and bell sounds are fine, but I'm no expert in what the real prototype of a particular model sounds like in most cases.  Don't really care all that much as long as the feature works properly.

Overall, I am very satisfied with the PS3 engines I have, and I do have two more on preorder (both Alaska units--SW1500 and Galloping Goose).

I have 26 Proto-1 engines, all with BCR's and all ready, willing and able to run perfectly (after 30 seconds of charging of course).

Just three - only 3 Proto 1 locos in my fleet.

I have 77 locomotives with BCR's...mostly Proto-1 units.  No problems at all and frankly are problem free compared to the proto-2 locos...

Alan

TWO.

When I ran MTH trains, I used BCR's exclusively on all Proto 1 locos, and any Proto 2.0 that was not under warranty (about 90% of my locos).  I liked the result 100% of the time.  No muss, no fuss, and no more charging or waiting for a charge to complete.

Bob Severin

It just goes to show, once you think you know everything, along comes something you didn't know, and you didn't know that you didn't know it.

I have no idea of the number I have purchased.I have bought several groups of BCR's and BCR-2's buying 10 and 20 at a time over the years.Still have about 40+ to install. I too have had excellent results with BCR's in PS-1 locomotives.

I have two BCRs and 25 BCR clones that I made myself using the instructions on the electrical forum. I found that BCRs are too expensive and there is only a small volume purchase discount. I can make a clone for less than $10 and it is quite simple to do.

Mike

At least 50 BCRs and BCR2s combined.

Thanks to all who have responded!!!

Because of the positive feedback, I just bought 10 +1(free) from JW Electronics.

"Hats-Off" to those that make their own...electronics is not my strong skill, so I will submit to just buying them.