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- Sun Mar 31, 2024 5:29 pm
- Forum: General Garden Railways
- Topic: Cheapo diesel sound card
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Re: Cheapo diesel sound card
Me again. Yes, it works, but not sure how long for! The pot I've used is getting very hot after only a few minutes and nearly burns my fingers as I adjust it! It comes from one of those chinese selection boxes and there is no listed power rating, similarly there is no info on the speaker itself, but...
- Sun Mar 31, 2024 4:21 pm
- Forum: General Garden Railways
- Topic: Cheapo diesel sound card
- Replies: 125
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Re: Cheapo diesel sound card
To add a volume control, you could add a 100 ohm pot across the speaker output, and the speaker connected between the wiper (centre-connection) and the 'ground' end of the pot. Thanks Phil. Breathe taken...Pot inserted.. works like a dream! The dog even came in whilst it was on and didn't run away ...
- Sun Mar 31, 2024 12:53 pm
- Forum: General Garden Railways
- Topic: Cheapo diesel sound card
- Replies: 125
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Re: Cheapo diesel sound card
PS. It's probably advisable to protect the link from P3 to the soundcard with a 1k resistor, or maybe even a 4.7k resistor if you're powering the soundcard with 7.4v Rik PS - Now corrected the label for the switch and added the 1k resistor to the wiring diagram (see above) I am no electrician nor t...
- Sun Mar 31, 2024 8:54 am
- Forum: General Garden Railways
- Topic: Cheapo diesel sound card
- Replies: 125
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Re: Cheapo diesel sound card
Thanks Rik. Yes I've got some of those V.Regs but if it will work off +/- 7v, I can avoid that complication and extra wiring. BTW, 2 questions... what's a DPDT Socket ?? :lol: :lol: ( Sorry, couldn't resist it! :oops: ) More seriously, what do you use to produce the lovely schematic diagrams like th...
- Sun Mar 31, 2024 8:07 am
- Forum: General Garden Railways
- Topic: Cheapo diesel sound card
- Replies: 125
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Re: Cheapo diesel sound card
You're absolutely right Phil, thanks. I got myself thoroughly confused with the talk of servo's and my messing about with the Rx41d + MA002, and assumed it wanted 3.3v so was reluctant to connect it directly to a nominal 7.2v battery. Now having looked again at the Ali listing and digging down furth...
- Sat Mar 30, 2024 8:12 pm
- Forum: Projects
- Topic: Gmeinder & Co loco
- Replies: 100
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Re: Gmeinder & Co loco
Thanks Peter. Yes I remember the conversation when Jerry first brought those out. In fact I did have some correspondence with him at the time about which resin he used. From looking at the pictures, I think his links are thicker than mine and I think his resin was a more 'engineering quality' than m...
- Sat Mar 30, 2024 2:49 pm
- Forum: General Garden Railways
- Topic: Cheapo diesel sound card
- Replies: 125
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Re: Cheapo diesel sound card
Okey doke... well as I said earlier this afternoon on my Gmeinder thread, the Rx 603C is working fine at controlling the loco, including the P1 "LED2" repeater. So I started to check out the Cheapo sound card. My intention was to connect the two power leads to the 0v & 3.3v at the side...
- Sat Mar 30, 2024 1:10 pm
- Forum: Projects
- Topic: Gmeinder & Co loco
- Replies: 100
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Re: Gmeinder & Co loco
Iron Cross & Wreath...gone, from the to-do list! One of the things I've avoided till now is the question of the couplings. Obviously on the original photo there is a curve fronted bar and what appears to be a chain fixed to an eyebolt, but detail is difficult to see. The new 'rusty' pic is clear...
- Sat Mar 30, 2024 12:54 pm
- Forum: 3D Printing
- Topic: Wibbly wobbly roof
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Re: Wibbly wobbly roof
I'm afraid to say that I agree with Peter. I think you know yourself that you won't be happy with either of your suggested solutions, longer term.
On a broader note, I think that the long thin sections that we tend to use are susceptable to warping generally.
On a broader note, I think that the long thin sections that we tend to use are susceptable to warping generally.
- Thu Mar 28, 2024 9:15 am
- Forum: General Garden Railways
- Topic: Cheapo diesel sound card
- Replies: 125
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Re: Cheapo diesel sound card
Yup, a standard 603c will work straight out the box using pin 1 onto the white signal wire of the soundcard. Obviously with all negatives and positives attached :thumbup: If for some bizarre reason it doesn't then you can reprogramme using 2,1,1,1,1 I thought P1 on a standard MR603 gave forward lig...
- Thu Mar 28, 2024 9:04 am
- Forum: Projects
- Topic: Gmeinder & Co loco
- Replies: 100
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Re: Gmeinder & Co loco
Thanks Drew.
I've seen them with 1914 on as well.
Unless somebody can advise differently, I think I'm going to forget about it. I can't believe it was a standard fitting!
I've seen them with 1914 on as well.
Unless somebody can advise differently, I think I'm going to forget about it. I can't believe it was a standard fitting!
- Thu Mar 28, 2024 8:15 am
- Forum: Projects
- Topic: Gmeinder & Co loco
- Replies: 100
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Re: Gmeinder & Co loco
Thanks Rik, I'd not seen that specific pic, but there are loads of variations on the theme. It's the little plaque and apparent picture that puzzle me. TBH, I don't really want to put it on unless there is a good reason to, and I suspect that this is maybe referring to a wartime death somehow associ...
- Thu Mar 28, 2024 7:00 am
- Forum: Locomotives - Live Steam
- Topic: Ooops! - I have bought this
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Re: Ooops! - I have bought this
So... I have eventually got to run the 'Anna', and I am smitten! She ran impeccably, easy to control, everyone present enjoyed seeing a 'heritage' loco run, and if I had wanted to, I think I could have sold her to a number of those present? Well done Phil. Glad she worked out ok. I can sympathise w...
- Thu Mar 28, 2024 6:53 am
- Forum: Projects
- Topic: Gmeinder & Co loco
- Replies: 100
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Re: Gmeinder & Co loco
I'm working towards the end of this one now! Firstly, my normal fixation about colour, isn't too much of a prob this time. :lol: :lol: I have 4 choices: Lightish grey and rust, as per the original picture, Heavy rust and an assortment of other colours as per the latest picture, or take it back to it...
- Wed Mar 27, 2024 5:56 pm
- Forum: General Garden Railways
- Topic: Cheapo diesel sound card
- Replies: 125
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- Wed Mar 27, 2024 4:50 pm
- Forum: General Garden Railways
- Topic: Cheapo diesel sound card
- Replies: 125
- Views: 6862
Re: Cheapo diesel sound card
Just to update on this, from my POV. I've been in discussions with Andy because I had to get him to reprogram it before when I couldn't, and thought he might have some insight on what I've been doing wrong. It has been more and more unexpected things and not accepting inputs. Eventually we went righ...
- Wed Mar 27, 2024 9:53 am
- Forum: General Garden Railways
- Topic: Cheapo diesel sound card
- Replies: 125
- Views: 6862
Re: Cheapo diesel sound card
Can you borrow a prog 4 to programme it with, or borrow a different TX, like a TX20? I have a Prog4 but it no longer works with the serial cables/Coolterm.. it's all obsolete. Nobody I know within half a days journey to borrow from ( I think you are about the nearest! :roll: ) unfortunately and it'...
- Tue Mar 26, 2024 11:03 am
- Forum: Projects
- Topic: Gmeinder & Co loco
- Replies: 100
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Re: Gmeinder & Co loco
Now there is a challenge for the weathering experts! A little sad, when the custodians of heritage let it rot, but I suppose there is only some much time, money, and man-hours? Phil.P All true, plus, I suspect, being basically an aircraft museum, they aren't overly bothered about an old German dies...
- Tue Mar 26, 2024 8:42 am
- Forum: Projects
- Topic: Gmeinder & Co loco
- Replies: 100
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Re: Gmeinder & Co loco
I'm fairly happy with the overall proportions, but I've been a bit bothered about the actual dimensions and I've juggled them around several times. I even tried to make contact with the museum to ask, but there has been no response at all, which was a bit disappointing. Anyway I think I've settled ...
- Sat Mar 23, 2024 12:46 pm
- Forum: General Garden Railways
- Topic: Cheapo diesel sound card
- Replies: 125
- Views: 6862