Re: A question about brass or nickle silver drivers
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I have to agree with Tom.? Everybody I know blames the Hobbytown of Boston brass wheels for their stalling.? A couple of years ago, I found that was not really true.? What the problem really turned out was the electrical path from the truck frame through the loco frame and the mechanical path it goes through before it hits the motor.? I added four sets of wipers? directly to the red and black wires on the DCC Decoder on my brass wheeled NW-2 and don't get any stalling any longer.? It runs just fine, even with brass wheels. Vic Bitleris
Raleigh, NC
To: yardbirdtrains@... From: tomk@... Date: Sun, 6 Jan 2013 14:15:57 -0600 Subject: Re: [yardbirdtrains] A question about brass or nickle silver drivers
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Opinion: If the brass tires are kept
nice and clean, it should not make any difference. That said, I
have no experience in that to share. I'm pretty sure the Bowser
drivers are plated with a "silvery substance", but it is very thin
and wears or polishes away to reveal brass pretty quickly. I am
speaking of older Bowser,? perhaps its different today?
Tom Knowles
On 1/5/2013 9:41 PM, twilight022765 wrote:
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Does it make a difference in DCC if the drivers are brass
or nickle silver(I think they're nickle silver)? These are
Bowser drivers.
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