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Offline diavolino  
#1 Posted : 15 August 2023 09:45:46(UTC)
diavolino

Italy   
Joined: 19/03/2022(UTC)
Posts: 5
Location: Lazio, Rome
I’m assembling the Märklin locomotive shed kit 72887, equipped with servos to open the doors and leds to light it.
I have a couple of questions:
  1. The servos are controlled using the Faller 180725 servo control; the doors open and close fine, but the servos always emit some noise. It is like the servo control always try to adjust them even if the doors are completely open or close. All the CVs related to “rocking” are set to 0. Is this behavior normal? Any way to avoid it?
  2. I’m using the Faller LEDs 180653; their cables are thinner than hairs. How can I solder or connect them? Any suggestion?

Thanks in advance for the help.
Offline JohnjeanB  
#2 Posted : 15 August 2023 13:48:02(UTC)
JohnjeanB

France   
Joined: 04/02/2011(UTC)
Posts: 3,130
Location: Paris, France
Hi Diavolino
Servos are usually not very noisy, especially when they are "embedded" into the model.
The ones I use are the cheapest ones from China (cost like 2 to 3 Euros) and I drive them using ESU's SwitchPilotServo but the previous generation (they were much cheaper and doing extremely well. There is absolutely NO Noise once integrated.

One possible thing is improper adjustment: small servos don't deliver force and when a mechanical resistance exists (door already closed), then the servo tries forever to move it correctly and does a "humming" sound with sometime some hesitant moves.
I don't know the Faller servo controller but with the ESU you adjust 3 things:
- the open position
- the close position
- the speed of operation

Here is a small video during testing of my Car System servos to stop or divert the traffic
Here a bridge for Car System is upside down for testing
There is some background noise but the operation is very silent


Soldering of thin servo cables
The thinest I can think of is thin enameled wire. Even in this case it is easy to solder them to "normal wires" and of course use heath shrink (I have ordered quite a collection around and below 1 mm in diameter.

Another quick solution is to use Liquid electrical tape. It comes in a tin bottle with the cap fitted with a brush.
You simply "paint" the connection, let it dry and the result is a plastic/rubber coating to insulate. It is also great for marine applications (electrical connection on a boat)

Cheers
Jean
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