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Post by christoff on Jun 17, 2015 22:10:02 GMT -5
I'm curious how long I can run these units continuously without damaging the internals
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Post by markm on Jun 18, 2015 9:56:33 GMT -5
Rob(A) has posted the details on a GP elsewhere on the forum, but as I recall at least a couple hundred hours.
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Post by christoff on Jun 18, 2015 15:37:06 GMT -5
Ok awesome so if I fall asleep with a train running and wake up and it's still running I don't have to worry thank you for your response
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Post by modelwarships on Jun 18, 2015 15:44:52 GMT -5
LOL, I sometimes leave my engines running while browsing the computer. The continuous running has a soothing effect. But I have yet to doze off. I've got some GP38's with a lot of miles on them.
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Post by christoff on Jun 20, 2015 13:35:21 GMT -5
Lol that soothing effect puts me right to sleep and then my girlfriend is always left with the task of shutting down the trains befor bed or at 2 am when she wakes up to a train running but now I'll just tell her to leave it going it'll be fine I might not tempt fait tho just AZL for that I think my mtls would die after a few hours there getting pretty old now
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Post by markm on Jun 21, 2015 1:14:56 GMT -5
You could always add a timer to the throttle, or to be really railroad: a dead man's switch. If you have a situation where your layout could get bumped and the loco derail and short out, the loco will get real hot real fast. You might want to add a 100mA fuse to the layout.
BTW: girlfriends who always have to shutdown the trains frequently don't remain girlfriends.
Mark
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Post by shamoo737 on Jun 21, 2015 5:54:03 GMT -5
You could always add a timer to the throttle, or to be really railroad: a dead man's switch. If you have a situation where your layout could get bumped and the loco derail and short out, the loco will get real hot real fast. You might want to add a 100mA fuse to the layout. BTW: girlfriends who always have to shutdown the trains frequently don't remain girlfriends. Mark Specially if they become a wife. |
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Post by christoff on Jun 23, 2015 19:40:07 GMT -5
Lol the girlfriend is going to be my building painter and landscaper I'm going to be the the track and train maintenance and mountain shaper that sort of thing we seem to be making a good team so far only started building a few little things like a fire hall and gas station but back to the topic won't the rokuhan controllers internal fuse catch a short like that?
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Post by markm on Jun 23, 2015 20:27:42 GMT -5
The main purpose of a throttle's fuse/breaker is to protect the throttle. It will protect the loco to a certain point, but consider my RC-02. It will supply up to about 800mA before it trips. That means it will supply up to about 10 watts of power. There are a number of metal parts on a loco that can't handle that power.
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