Manning, Wardle "Lady Marion" front charging socket
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Richard Gawler
Western Thunderer
"Lady Marion" has a charging socket inside the front of the smokebox. I couldn't find a space inside the frames to fix a suitable socket, and wiring back into the boiler is easier from inside the smokebox.
The tiny smokebox dictated a miniature power socket, which in turn needs a coaxial adaptor to let me connect a charger with a standard plug.
Despite my planning and expectations from the recess in the front buffer beam, I had to turn down the outside of the adaptor to let it clear the coupling hook. One of the magnets has fallen off the smokebox door twice, but the door stays put with only one.
To quell (or indeed promote) the obvious follow-up, the loco imagined here is indeed contemporary with the story of Pinnochio.
The tiny smokebox dictated a miniature power socket, which in turn needs a coaxial adaptor to let me connect a charger with a standard plug.
Despite my planning and expectations from the recess in the front buffer beam, I had to turn down the outside of the adaptor to let it clear the coupling hook. One of the magnets has fallen off the smokebox door twice, but the door stays put with only one.
To quell (or indeed promote) the obvious follow-up, the loco imagined here is indeed contemporary with the story of Pinnochio.
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