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cheese3
Member since
May 2003
From: Morgantown, WV
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weired wires
Posted by
cheese3
on Wednesday, January 26, 2005 9:25 PM
i was hooking up my transformer when the wire hit one DC terminal and one AC terminal and the loco started moving. I have no clue what happened can someone explain
Adam Thompson Model Railroading is fun!
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Jetrock
Member since
August 2003
From: Midtown Sacramento
3,340 posts
Posted by
Jetrock
on Wednesday, January 26, 2005 9:35 PM
Power went from one terminal to the other is what happened--resulting in the loco moving! Don't let it happen again--AC power can damage your locomotive!
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Anonymous
Member since
April 2003
305,205 posts
Posted by
Anonymous
on Wednesday, January 26, 2005 9:37 PM
Ditto on the AC, Jetrock. Also, don't be sleepy like I was once and put your wires to fixed DC! I think the engineer and fireman were badly hurt by the resulting high speed takeoff![:)]
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Anonymous
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April 2003
305,205 posts
Posted by
Anonymous
on Wednesday, January 26, 2005 9:54 PM
The lesson for today, boys and girls, is to make sure the power is off before hooking up wires. [;)]
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jkeaton
Member since
January 2002
From: Ottawa, Canada
234 posts
Posted by
jkeaton
on Thursday, January 27, 2005 1:23 PM
To be precise, cheese 3, you got a short circuit inside the power pack between the variable DC and fixed AC sections. The fixed AC terminals are directly connected to the same transformer inside the power pack that also feeds power to the variable DC section. I hope you didn't damage or burn out the powerpack - possibly but unlikely if the contact was momentary.
Always turn off the power before doing wiring - on 12V DC or 120V AC!
Jim
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cheese3
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May 2003
From: Morgantown, WV
1,459 posts
Posted by
cheese3
on Thursday, January 27, 2005 2:27 PM
thanks for the help guys
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