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Ray Byde.
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December 14, 2016 at 3:34 pm #240633
Tony Parker
ParticipantHas anyone experienced television interference whilst using this device/ If so how did they overcome it please?
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April 13, 2017 at 2:22 pm #240760
Nick Ridgway
ParticipantNot since digital days. One can always turn the telly off?
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May 2, 2017 at 7:03 am #240762
Tony Parker
ParticipantHi Nick Thanks for yours. Switching the tele off would solve the problem I agree. However, the strife that course of action
generate would make the Dunkirk beaches look like a Sunday school outing! I think that a simpler course of action is going to be to disconnect the device and buy a bottle of meths and some cotton buds.Regards
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May 2, 2017 at 9:01 am #240763
Nick Ridgway
ParticipantStick it on the Members’ Sales stand at ExpoEM and I’m sure someone will have it.
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May 9, 2017 at 2:15 pm #240766
Ray Byde
Participant@Nick Ridgway said:
Stick it on the Members’ Sales stand at ExpoEM and I’m sure someone will have it. -
May 9, 2017 at 2:18 pm #240767
Ray Byde
ParticipantNobody at expoEM will buy it if they use modern can motors or Portescaps – as many EM modellers do – replacement motors are to expensive, and in the case of Portescaps very hard to find. Best to ditch it and buy a botle of rail cleaning fluid – Carrs do a very good one.
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May 12, 2017 at 3:36 pm #240768
Stuart Firth
Participant@Ray Byde said:
Nobody at expoEM will buy it if they use modern can motors or Portescaps – as many EM modellers do – replacement motors are to expensive, and in the case of Portescaps very hard to find. Best to ditch it and buy a botle of rail cleaning fluid – Carrs do a very good one.Do they harm modern motors? Never heard that before. Mind you I’ve seen smoke coming out of the track before now and that can’t be good….
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May 31, 2017 at 9:49 am #240770
Nick Ridgway
ParticipantI missed out on a number of Relcos at the secondhand stall at ExpoEM 2017 owing to a shortage of cash on that day, having spent it on something else. Bugger!
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May 31, 2017 at 9:50 am #240771
Nick Ridgway
Participant@Stuart Firth said:
Do they harm modern motors? Never heard that before. Mind you I’ve seen smoke coming out of the track before now and that can’t be good….
Not my experience either, Stuart. Been doin’ fine for years.
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October 26, 2017 at 1:36 pm #240776
Ray Byde
Participant@Nick Ridgway said:
Not my experience either, Stuart. Been doin’ fine for years.
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October 26, 2017 at 7:04 pm #240777
David Bathe
ParticipantI have used these animals for many years and they interfere with the television, as I live near to Gaugemaster I will ask the tech guy, who always seems to have solutions to these problems.
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November 10, 2017 at 10:56 am #240779
Ray Byde
ParticipantJust as an aside to my original post I have just purchased a Southern Railways USA tank from Model Rail Magazine. These engines are made by Bachmann, and it clearly states in the instructions that a Relco or simiar high frequency track cleaner should not be used with them. Whether this applies to other Bachman locos I don’t know – maybe it is a different type of motor used in this particular class of loco?
Also I purchased a S/hand Portescap RG4/1219 at my local show; the original instruction sheet that came with it states that they require a smooth, pure 12v DC power supply. Surely a high frequency track cleaner is going to disrupt any semblance of a smooth, pure 12v DC power supply?
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