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Post by Deleted on Jun 4, 2013 18:20:48 GMT -8
I know it is OK to test HO scale locomotives with a 9v battery. Is it OK also to test N-Scale with the same 9v battery?
I do not have a transformer and I do nto have decoders yet to put in the models. Just want to make sure they run properly after I reassemble them from clean up and custom painting.
Thanks.
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Post by catt on Jun 5, 2013 5:42:42 GMT -8
That nine volt battery won't hurt a thing.In fact if you can find a rheostat (rotary) switch you could actually run a short train off the battery.If you used rechargables you could run for quite awhile on the battery power.
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Post by jlong on Jun 7, 2013 16:11:21 GMT -8
Do it all the time. Harmless.
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Post by hhrdriver on Sept 1, 2013 9:57:03 GMT -8
It harkens back to the "Dark Ages" of model railroading, before WWII it was common for scale modelers running DC to use a car battery and a reostat to power their layouts.
Of course, with a car battery pushing some serious amperage, a short in the wiring took on a whole new meaning. My late Grandfather burned his Grandpa's backyard shed/home of the Santa Fe & Charlotte RR to the ground in 1939 with a small wiring misadventure.
My own test track is a three foot section of flex track with a 9-Volt and a knife switch.
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Post by rivereagle on Sept 1, 2013 21:42:19 GMT -8
I always take a new 9v battery with me when going to train ahows for loco testing.
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Post by nscaler711 on Sept 2, 2013 0:55:15 GMT -8
I always take a new 9v battery with me when going to train ahows for loco testing. That and a piece of flex track pending on the person... Also River Eagle I sent you a PM |
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Post by bsklarski on Dec 27, 2013 14:22:16 GMT -8
Using a 9 volt battery is how I test my N scale layout when I am doing track work without the DCC system powered up.
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Post by uboat on Jan 22, 2014 7:05:12 GMT -8
Its fairly easy to make a 9V tester. wire a 9V battery connecter to some powered rail joiners. a couple pieces of snap track and viola, a quick and easy loco tester
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Post by metroredline on Feb 17, 2014 1:10:07 GMT -8
I know it is OK to test HO scale locomotives with a 9v battery. Is it OK also to test N-Scale with the same 9v battery? I do not have a transformer and I do nto have decoders yet to put in the models. Just want to make sure they run properly after I reassemble them from clean up and custom painting. Thanks. An 9V battery is even better in N scale than in HO scale -- Because the terminals on a 9V battery are precisely the same width as N scale track! |
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