Scale7JB
Western Thunderer
Hi collective. and @Oz7mm
Had some more major testing yesterday on Love Lane, track is getting really good now, with a 28 wagon train traversing through both crossovers quite happily and at a good speed too. I think the curves are too tight to propel suck a long train, so even i will admit defeat on that one.
We did have some very strange DCC issues yesterday though. Its almost as if the layout is haunted, and it 'Doesn't like Diesels'.
It all started with a JLTRT Class 37. As it travelled through a particular turnout, it caused that particular turnout and the following one on its set path to change themselves, causing a major derailment as the first few wagons decided to take the other line. Now this happened religiously. We tried this with a few steam locos and all fine. We then tried a Heljan Falcon, and Heljan CL26, LLC Class 15, all the same, causing the points to change. It genuinely had to be seen to be believed.
A few points to make are that
1) It only seemed to happen when the loco was pulling a heavy load (although the J39 was pulling the same load and didn't cause a problem).
2) If the train was travelling in a different power zone it didn't cause a problem.
3) We are using the Megapoint DCC servos/boards and frog juicers for the crossing see power supplies
Might this be caused by the loco asking for too much power?
Now, a second issue is that when a diesel is travelling from the operating section onto the scenic section (powered by a second booster just for the scenic section, it stops dead, and resets itself (sound goes off, and engine restarts etc) but this is happening without a heavy train, but again a steam loco sails through with no issues. Could this be a power load issue again ?
Any thoughts and suggestions would be welcomed in this frankly bizarre issue.
JB.
Had some more major testing yesterday on Love Lane, track is getting really good now, with a 28 wagon train traversing through both crossovers quite happily and at a good speed too. I think the curves are too tight to propel suck a long train, so even i will admit defeat on that one.
We did have some very strange DCC issues yesterday though. Its almost as if the layout is haunted, and it 'Doesn't like Diesels'.
It all started with a JLTRT Class 37. As it travelled through a particular turnout, it caused that particular turnout and the following one on its set path to change themselves, causing a major derailment as the first few wagons decided to take the other line. Now this happened religiously. We tried this with a few steam locos and all fine. We then tried a Heljan Falcon, and Heljan CL26, LLC Class 15, all the same, causing the points to change. It genuinely had to be seen to be believed.
A few points to make are that
1) It only seemed to happen when the loco was pulling a heavy load (although the J39 was pulling the same load and didn't cause a problem).
2) If the train was travelling in a different power zone it didn't cause a problem.
3) We are using the Megapoint DCC servos/boards and frog juicers for the crossing see power supplies
Might this be caused by the loco asking for too much power?
Now, a second issue is that when a diesel is travelling from the operating section onto the scenic section (powered by a second booster just for the scenic section, it stops dead, and resets itself (sound goes off, and engine restarts etc) but this is happening without a heavy train, but again a steam loco sails through with no issues. Could this be a power load issue again ?
Any thoughts and suggestions would be welcomed in this frankly bizarre issue.
JB.