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KB02:
Great responses, indeed. Stealing time from work right now, but I’ll have to check out that article about alcohol vs. mineral spirits. I have tried so many things and alcohol always seemed to have worked the best (even for cleaning off other cleaning agents).

Another question I have: I scratch built a turn table and round house. The turn table is powered by a simple 12v dc motor I hit off of eBay. Right now I control it with a basic decoder - my FCTC system thinks it is a loco that never gets above speed step 2. Would this be able to be powered by the accessory power supply? Or might I just be better off hooking up an old dc power pack just to control the turn table motor?

Alan:
The AM-1 / HC has inbuilt controls for a turntable. Power everything from your RP power supply.

 

Alan:
If you would prefer a more standalone solution use a reversible PWM controller in conjunction with a generic DC wall wart power supply. Probably get the whole affair built for less than $10.

Controller: https://www.ebay.com/itm/6-30V-DC-Motor-Speed-Controller-Reversible-PWM-Control-Forward-Reverse-Switch-M/181970823477?_trkparms=aid%3D1110002%26algo%3DSPLICE.SOI%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20200116171858%26meid%3Dfd23eaddd92347c3b328bec31d29d38b%26pid%3D100008%26rk%3D6%26rkt%3D12%26sd%3D184172621674%26itm%3D181970823477%26pmt%3D1%26noa%3D0%26pg%3D2047675%26algv%3DPromotedSellersOtherItemsV2%26brand%3DUnbranded&_trksid=p2047675.c100008.m2219

Your old school power pack is not a great solution if you need to operate the turntable motor at a slow speed. PWM will do a much better job of it. 

nodcc4me:
I have a very old Atlas turntable being powered by a very old Postage Stamp Trains DC throttle pak. I set the speed once years ago with the rheostat and leave it there. The direction is controlled by a toggle switch on the pak. It works well but the darn turntable motor sounds like a buzz saw when I use it. I think you can hear it across the street.  ;D
I couldn't justify buying another AM-1 just for that.

KB02:
Another question: How sensitive are the LM’s to shorts?
While I do my best to keep things running well, derails do happen AND I have about a dozen Atlas snap switches which, in and of themselves, like to cause shorts with normal operation (only a couple real “problem children,” and I’m working on those).

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