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RailPro Specific Help & Discussion / Re: Handheld HC-2 Not Charging
« Last post by trainman605 on August 27, 2024, 10:46:01 PM »
My HC-2 went dead after a year without charging and would not take a charge. Called Ring and they were pretty sure it was the batteries. They sent me a return authorization to send it in, I did and got it back in a couple of weeks. I will say here they were very nice to deal with and helpful. They also said they would checkout my HC-2 and if it needed any other repairs they would also do that while it was getting the batteries replaced. Works great. trainman
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Finished RailPro Installation Examples / Re: New install on Scaletrains locomotive
« Last post by Orlando on August 26, 2024, 02:44:42 PM »
Thanks for kind words Kevin. As for the horn, I did create it. I sat in front of my PC for hours trying to find the right horn video of the actual locomotive without any other noises in the background. I watched a video of a guy on YouTube who makes train horns for his train simulator game. He explains that the horn connot have any bell sounds or any other spikes in the sounds. He also said that depending on the length of the horn blast, will determine your start, loop and end. I got that horn pretty good, but currently im struggling with the horn from the Central of Georgia locomotive. Alot of the videos on the Central of Georgia are not that good. The sound that im looking for is somewhere, i just need to find it and work on it. Audacity is a good app to have on your PC. I sit there for hrs sometimes just trying to make a good sound!

Thanks
Orlando
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Finished RailPro Installation Examples / Re: New install on Scaletrains locomotive
« Last post by KPack on August 26, 2024, 01:01:59 PM »
Thanks for sharing this.  They way you installed yours is how I've done it on my Scaletrains locomotives as well.  With the exception of the speakers.  I cut a large part of the rear weight off and used a TB speaker in there for more bass.  Sounds great, but not loud.

For your horn sound are you using two separate functions for the long and short blasts?  Or did you do an incredible job creating a loop that sounds good?  I can never get my loops to sound right.

-Kevin
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RailPro Specific Help & Discussion / Re: Bridge Rectifier
« Last post by KPack on August 26, 2024, 09:43:45 AM »
Tim - thanks, that was the information I was looking for.  For whatever reason I couldn't find the part number when I was searching the forums.

Ian - If you're not going to use them I will gladly take them.  I'll need 5 or 6.  I'll pay for them and shipping.  PM coming.  Thanks!
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RailPro Specific Help & Discussion / Re: Bridge Rectifier
« Last post by CPRail on August 26, 2024, 09:19:07 AM »
Kevin,

I still have a bunch of the bridge rectifiers that Bill sold. I have no further need for them. How many are you looking for?
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RailPro Specific Help & Discussion / Re: Bridge Rectifier
« Last post by G8B4Life on August 25, 2024, 06:37:48 AM »
Some searching of Bill's posts here he mentions DF04S when talking about bridge rectifiers he used. There's many offerings of this from different suppliers it seems (and at different price points) and the first result I pulled up on DigiKey gives these specs.

Voltage - Peak Reverse (Max)400 v
Current - Average Rectified (Io)1.5A
Voltage - Forward (Vf) (Max) @ If1.1 V @ 1.5 A

A quick search of your favourite electronics supplier should give you plenty of choices.

- Tim
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RailPro Specific Help & Discussion / Bridge Rectifier
« Last post by KPack on August 24, 2024, 09:23:30 AM »
Over half my locomotives have the LM-2S.  I've installed keep alives in most of them, but I have a few left that need it.  I'll be using the PBM-2 because they work much better than a standard keep alive.  But the PBM needs a bridge rectifier to work with the old LM-2S.

What are the specs for the bridge rectifier that I need?  I bought all the bridge rectifiers in the past from Bill at PDC, but I don't know what the specs were on those.

-Kevini
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Finished RailPro Installation Examples / Re: New install on Scaletrains locomotive
« Last post by snowdog on August 22, 2024, 08:26:23 PM »
Nice post. I've got a buddy getting into RP and has a couple Scale Trains Gevos...I'm sure this will help him move forward!
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Finished RailPro Installation Examples / Re: Atlas Master GP38
« Last post by snowdog on August 22, 2024, 08:22:03 PM »
WOW!
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Finished RailPro Installation Examples / Re: Atlas Master GP38
« Last post by Orlando on August 22, 2024, 07:03:10 PM »
Thats awesome! I have the same one since 2008 or 9. I installed railro in it about 4 yrs ago. I was using it for yard work!

Cheers
Orlando
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