New jennie my frist steamer

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Re: New jennie my frist steamer

Post by Chris Cairns » Tue Mar 29, 2022 10:29 am

vette wrote: Thu Mar 17, 2022 3:28 am I just got a round house Jennie. Its shipping now cant wait for it. A few questions Frist do i need a pressure gauge? the instructoions say to load up a heavy car for the frist run since it like to jump on the frist runs. I was hoping to get a whistle from DJB engineering Will i need a second servo to activate this whistle? Besides throttle what else should i make rc? What track to they like brass rails?
Pressure Gauge - These are optional on the Basic Series locos to keep the entry level price down. On my Basic Series locos that have no pressure gauge I put a drop of steam oil on top of the safety valve. When that oil starts to bubble it is time to turn the gas down. Running before the safety valve blows is best. If you are fitting a DJB whistle they used to do a banjo fitting that allowed a pressure gauge to be fitted at the same time (photo shows my pre-owned Bertie with a manually operated DJB whistle & pressure gauge).

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Priming - Unlike Classic Series locos (whose chassis' are run in on air first), the Basic Series locos are not run in so can be a bit lively on their first few runs. They do have to pull a load around the Roundhouse test track satisfactorily before they are shipped out. I ran my Jennie on blocks first and on track I leave the steam regulator cracked open so the water is cleared from the cylinders initially on raising steam pressure.

DJB Whistle - These can be manually controlled (like the one on my Bertie) or radio controlled.

Radio Control - Roundhouse do a Radio Control fittings kit (BRCK) for the Basic Series locos (not shown on their website). As they are slip eccentric the R/C is only on the steam regulator. The Jennie's tender has a cut out for a power switch & a hole in the chassis for feeding servo wires through from underneath.

Here's some recent running of two Jennie's double headed - mine is the black pilot loco & is doing most of the work.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d69J2ARzMRw

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Re: New jennie my frist steamer

Post by vette » Wed Mar 30, 2022 10:40 pm

I love it ran it on block on filtered rain water runs well. I use 30ml of water seems to run out of water before gas. Now I wish I had the pressure gauge. Also what the read sealant do I need when changing to rc

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Re: New jennie my frist steamer

Post by vette » Thu Mar 31, 2022 3:35 am

In this video they put in more water the directions say 30ml

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9F8hYJFPnBQ

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Re: New jennie my frist steamer

Post by philipy » Thu Mar 31, 2022 7:04 am

vette wrote: Thu Mar 31, 2022 3:35 am In this video they put in more water the directions say 30ml
I think you may have mis-read the instructions. You should fill the boiler to the top and then REMOVE 30ml water to create a headspace.
This is an extract from the RH steaming instructions:
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Re: New jennie my frist steamer

Post by vette » Thu Mar 31, 2022 2:25 pm

Thank I did miss read them. Hope I didn't hurt any thing. I was just to excited. Really enjoying live steam thank you

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Re: New jennie my frist steamer

Post by SKGLB » Thu Mar 31, 2022 3:11 pm

vette wrote: Thu Mar 31, 2022 2:25 pm Really enjoying live steam
Me and many others in this forum too.
Maybe you can show a short video of your Jennie.
I would be very interested personally.

Greetings from Austria
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Re: New jennie my frist steamer

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Re: New jennie my frist steamer

Post by DAVID L » Thu Apr 14, 2022 5:45 pm

You mention LGB cars. The Roundhouse basic locos like Bertie and Jennie have a centre buffer that passes through a slot in the buffer beam and is held to the underside of the loco by a screw. This is actually designed to be compatible with LGB. Just unscrew the buffer and screw in an LGB loop.
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