Chip,
I wouldn't use a 4 ohm as it doubles the power through the speaker which is hard on an amp. I would at the very least cut the CV volume in half or run 2 of them in series.
Don - Specializing in layout DC->DCC conversions
Modeling C&O transition era and steel industries There's Nothing Like Big Steam!
SpaceMouse DigitalGriffin There no reason you cant replace that speaker with a smaller one. That said, I would seriously boost that power supply cap. MRC makes a sound decoder for light steam that comes without a speaker. If I forgo the speaker, I might as well get that. Hmmm. On a different note, where would one go to get elecronic components if they live withing an hour and a half of a Radio Shack--and not have to pay more than it's worth for shipping?
DigitalGriffin There no reason you cant replace that speaker with a smaller one. That said, I would seriously boost that power supply cap.
There no reason you cant replace that speaker with a smaller one. That said, I would seriously boost that power supply cap.
MRC makes a sound decoder for light steam that comes without a speaker. If I forgo the speaker, I might as well get that. Hmmm.
On a different note, where would one go to get elecronic components if they live withing an hour and a half of a Radio Shack--and not have to pay more than it's worth for shipping?
RR_MelOne thing to make note of is they are 4Ω.
I'm not sure of the signifcance. I know my car speakers are 8 ohm.
The question I have is can you fit one of those suckers in your 0-6-0 tender?
Crandell, that is a good idea. I'm filing that one away in my brain.
Chip
Building the Rock Ridge Railroad with the slowest construction crew west of the Pecos.
Chip, Lionel placed large speakers inside of the tender on my Challenger. They did it by cutting the plastic tube-like housing on an angle instead of at right angles the way you'd cut a PVC pipe normally. The effect is that it canted the speaker's cone and body at an angle inside the tender when it was glued to the open face of the tube.
I'm pretty sure this description was written by engineers, because it took me a while to decipher.
The exclusive "Sounder" is a sound-only decoder and speaker that's easily added to any HO locomotive equipped with a standard, non-sound decoder or even any piece of rolling stock being pulled by the locomotive equipped with wheel pickups.The railroader simply "hooks-up" two wires to the track power pickup points in the loco and suddenly can enjoy MRC's rich, Brilliance sound and the world's most extensive feature set.The Steam Sounder reproduces eight, genuine articulated and eight, non-articulated steam locomotive sounds and you can select 33 whisles as well.Features:
So I get that there are 16 engine sounds and they are called forth on the programming track, but I have no idea if there is anything close to a 1900's 2-6-0 in the programming--although it might be cool to have an 0-6-0 that shounds like a Russsian.
And the size of the speaker looks like it's better suited to the door panel in my wife's van than the tender of a 2-6-0, although the last one I got has a depression with pre-drilled holes that has to come pretty close.
So, I guess my questions are has anyone tried one of these and what kinds of sounds does it make?