RailPro > RailPro Specific Help & Discussion
Keep Alive installation w/ Railpro
nodcc4me:
Thanks for the pictures Jacob. Sorry you had to go through so much trouble. Nice install. The KA-4 fits perfectly back there. Your Proto E7 is a bit different than mine. Looks like you removed some weights to make room for the module. This is one of my first RP locomotives so I have an LM-1 installed on top of the factory board, which is mounted behind the motor above the gear tower. No room for a KA-4 with or without the board without removing weight, which I hesitate to do. Thanks again.
Alan:
Jacob, is that black electrical tape? If so, it tends to leave a gooey mess if you remove it after a period of time. Try Kapton tape next time like shown in Al's installation. Kapton is heat resistant and leaves behind no adhesive.
https://www.kaptontape.com/1_Mil_Kapton_Tapes.php
Alan:
--- Quote ---Alan, no, I don't think I'm going to be making a product here.
--- End quote ---
You (we?) should reconsider. Super caps in the value needed are 15 cents each in quantities of 1000 (7 cents 10,000 and up) on Alibaba. Drilled 100mm x 100mm boards (qnty 1000) are less than $1.00 ea from US. Overseas would be a fraction of $1.00. If we are willing to solder them ourselves (12 solders) I bet the total cost of a KA could be kept below $2.00 without having to invest in a huge inventory.
Don't these things sell for like $25.00 each? Not a bad return on a $2.00 investment.
William Brillinger:
--- Quote ---You (we?) should reconsider.
--- End quote ---
If you make 'em, I'll market 'em. 8)
TwinStar:
--- Quote from: nodcc4me on February 19, 2017, 02:10:49 PM ---Thanks for the pictures Jacob. Sorry you had to go through so much trouble. Nice install. The KA-4 fits perfectly back there. Your Proto E7 is a bit different than mine. Looks like you removed some weights to make room for the module. This is one of my first RP locomotives so I have an LM-1 installed on top of the factory board, which is mounted behind the motor above the gear tower. No room for a KA-4 with or without the board without removing weight, which I hesitate to do. Thanks again.
--- End quote ---
It's no biggie. I needed to learn how to resize again anyways.
I didn't remove any weight and only removed a few small mounting posts that the board was attached to. I have an older E8 and the frames/drives/shells are night and day different. I did remove the crappy P2K motor and replaced it with a Kato and NWSL drivelines.
Once these five E units are complete I'm moving to a six pack of GP-7's and will probably replace the motors and ad KA's as well. These KA4's might fit in the cab of the short hood but I haven't really looked yet. I don't imagine I'll ever be able to use a Ring solution if it comes about due to the bridge rectifiers we're using and the need to keep things the same voltage at the motor.
Navigation
[0] Message Index
[#] Next page
[*] Previous page
Go to full version