Comments on: Z Scale Battery Controller https://blog.model-train-help.com/2020/01/z-scale-battery-controller.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=z-scale-battery-controller Model railroads and model trains Wed, 12 Feb 2020 01:42:28 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Roland https://blog.model-train-help.com/2020/01/z-scale-battery-controller.html#comment-36374 Wed, 12 Feb 2020 01:42:28 +0000 http://blog.model-train-help.com/?p=5424#comment-36374 In reply to steven neely.

Steven,
Take it easy…
My Nm-layout sees BanDai shells on Marklin Z 0-6-0 diesel chassis, a Bachmann N 0-4-0 steam engine with Atlas Shay tender on Z 2-6-0 and a Swedish DelPrado shell on Marklin Z BR V160 chassis.
It’s not my primary layout, more experimental.

]]> By: steven neely https://blog.model-train-help.com/2020/01/z-scale-battery-controller.html#comment-35792 Sat, 25 Jan 2020 03:40:15 +0000 http://blog.model-train-help.com/?p=5424#comment-35792 2nd picture controler fitted into small box

]]> By: steven neely https://blog.model-train-help.com/2020/01/z-scale-battery-controller.html#comment-35791 Sat, 25 Jan 2020 03:38:33 +0000 http://blog.model-train-help.com/?p=5424#comment-35791 1st picture of the controler
the first 2 pictures I tryed to post didn’t make it

]]> By: steven neely https://blog.model-train-help.com/2020/01/z-scale-battery-controller.html#comment-35790 Sat, 25 Jan 2020 03:22:33 +0000 http://blog.model-train-help.com/?p=5424#comment-35790 In reply to Roland.

Roland , Educate me on Nm/Nn3., I’ve worked a little bit with ON30 and HON , starting out with Bachumans ON30 trains , kits and kit bashing rail cars , and with HON useing a Kato 11-103 Powered Motorized Chassis to make engines useing brass laser kits and shapeways 3D printed rail buses . where can I find similar things for making custom engines and rail cars , the only powered chassis I know of is Rokuhan and Bandi , can you tell me who makes body shells to fit these . it’s something I really enjoy doing making my own custom trains , even took a fished price thomas ingine apart , cut the frame out to make a Kato drive fit giving me a one of a kind motorized thomas engine .
Thanks in Advance
Steve

]]> By: steven neely https://blog.model-train-help.com/2020/01/z-scale-battery-controller.html#comment-35789 Sat, 25 Jan 2020 03:05:42 +0000 http://blog.model-train-help.com/?p=5424#comment-35789 4th picture

]]> By: steven neely https://blog.model-train-help.com/2020/01/z-scale-battery-controller.html#comment-35788 Sat, 25 Jan 2020 03:03:23 +0000 http://blog.model-train-help.com/?p=5424#comment-35788 2nd picture

]]> By: steven neely https://blog.model-train-help.com/2020/01/z-scale-battery-controller.html#comment-35787 Sat, 25 Jan 2020 03:01:55 +0000 http://blog.model-train-help.com/?p=5424#comment-35787 pictures of my home made 9 volt transformer
1st picture is the controler
2nd is having mounted it in a small cardboard box
3rd and 4th is one of the wooden boxes I built , that I made so I can either use a 9 volt battery or plug in power supply , and I also have it wired with both Marklin plugs and a Rokuhan conecter .

]]> By: steven neely https://blog.model-train-help.com/2020/01/z-scale-battery-controller.html#comment-35786 Sat, 25 Jan 2020 02:42:26 +0000 http://blog.model-train-help.com/?p=5424#comment-35786 the first Marklin lay out I did I did in an old suitcase , with the 9 volt Marklin battery controler , but given that I couldn’t control the speed of the engine I started thinking what type of reostate could I use . and I dug up a Auroa slot car control from when I was a kid back in the 60s , it worked well for my first layout allowing me to control the speed of the engine , by regulating the battery voltage . very crude but it worked and then I started looking online for something better and came across this
https://www.ebay.com/itm/DC-6V-12V-24V-28V-3A-PWM-Motor-Speed-Controller-Forward-Reverse-ON-OFF-Switch/153486000713?hash=item23bc7a8249:g:MoUAAOSwbWlc2D-x . if my link gets elimated searc for a ” Motor speed control with forward and reverse ”
and found this to work very well , and then knowing how batteries wear out conected this to a ( volt power supply , the same type that you woud use to charge a 9 volt battery for a cordeless drill or screwdriver , I also found 9 volt adjustable power supply that will also work but with out the forward and reverse , but can still be made to work with a switch controling the current to the track
https://www.ebay.com/itm/3-12V-2A-Speed-Control-Volt-AC-DC-Adjustable-Power-Adapter-Volt-Supply-Display/292593143006?hash=item441fe90cde:m:mPO2AX1X2L6LYasLKGykNcQ
search ” Speed-Control-Volt-AC-DC-Adjustable-Power-Adapter-Volt-Supply ”
I’ve also used both of these to power N scale trains with out a problem and given what transformers cost have found both of these very good .
with the first controler I build a wooden box to mount it in out of scrap wood from scratch building houses and leftover pieces from Laser cut kits and made them so I could either conect a plug in power supply or a 9 volt battery
I hope this helps you will try to post pictures
Steve

]]> By: Sheldon Clark https://blog.model-train-help.com/2020/01/z-scale-battery-controller.html#comment-35400 Wed, 15 Jan 2020 15:56:49 +0000 http://blog.model-train-help.com/?p=5424#comment-35400 You can connect just about anything to just about anything else; all you need is the right male/female connectors. If the brand-specific connectors on the equipment on hand (like the Rokuhan ones) do not fit the equipment you want to power, just cut them off and connect something suitable – preferably by twisting the wires together, soldering them to make a good joint and covering the bare wires with heat-shrink sleeving (which you will have to slip over one of the wires before you make your join. When cutting off a coonector from any wire, always leave enough wire attached to it to enable you to reinstate the situation you started with if you change your mind or find there’s not enough power.

]]> By: Roland https://blog.model-train-help.com/2020/01/z-scale-battery-controller.html#comment-35393 Wed, 15 Jan 2020 12:06:27 +0000 http://blog.model-train-help.com/?p=5424#comment-35393 Phil,
Have a look at the Rokuhan webpage (http://www.rokuhan.com/english/products/accessories/), there are all cables (feeders) listed.
I’m not a Rokuhan expert, but use them e.g. for Nm/Nn3.

RP

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