Hi Jim; I get to try that one eventually (Tusnami in the RR 0-6-0).
It is worth remembering that many railroads rule books did not call for lights in daytime during the steam era, so using non-working lights may be a valid option if you don't do night operations. Pieter E. Roos --- On Fri, 5/4/12, raisinone <[email protected]> wrote: > Wait until you install a full size > Tsunami decoder in an 0-6-0 boiler, sets a new standard for > "tight fit". <G> I have become more adept at > soldering very short wires and using Miniatronics 2 and 3 > pin connectors. That allows me to separate the boiler > from the frame without having to have extra wire to stuff > in. I guess by now I have so much scar tissue on my > fingers from years of soldering, that holding short wires > close to the hot iron isn't as painful! > > I also line the inside top of the boiler with double stick > tape so wires will be held up and away from the shaft. > So far I have not had any "bad days" with wires wrapped > around drive shafts. I can sympathize with > Bill L. though. I installed a decoder in my SP 2-10-2, > including the speaker in the smoke box. Those > locomotives have no hole in the stack since you use a screw > for the different stack options. I removed reamed out > the stack casting and boiler for the sound. It all > fit, but hindsight says I should have gone with a bigger > bass reflex speaker in the tender instead. I am > becoming more of a fan of jewels instead of > lights. Guess that is a bit lazy, but > wiring the lights is usually the biggest part of DCC > installations... > > On diesels, I have begun using the Tsunami TSU-GN, BW and AT > decoders. They are a heck of a lot easier to wire than > dealing with that harness. Regrettably they have > limited sound applications and, to my knowledge, none are > available for steam... Just some > thoughts... > > Jim Kindraka > Plymouth, WI > > --- In [email protected], > Bob Werre <bob@...> wrote: > > > > Ed, Yes, depending on how you setup your DCC > wiring under the layout. > > Mine, having been DC first didn't go through much > simplification that > > probably could have taken place. All in all, > wiring is not my favorite > > things to do, but I do a lot of it. > > > > With the inside of an engine, just getting your fingers > in there to work > > is the challenge, think nothing of the fine wires that > can get snagged > > on anything and everything. Under the layout we > dealing with much > > heavier wires over longer distances, so just stringing > the darn stuff > > around the layout can be a trying situation especially > when you've > > turned much of that area into storage--again some of > that due to > > Southern homes. > > > > Bob Werre ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
