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Offline Breitenfurt  
#1 Posted : 15 November 2008 23:31:40(UTC)
Breitenfurt


Joined: 01/01/2008(UTC)
Posts: 874
Location: Scotland
Hi All.

Six days away from exhibition and I have turntable problems.

When I started using the turntable for the first time today, I noted that it fed the tracks radiating from it. However it has stopped doing that and it is extremely annoying as I was hoping to be able to use it to shed locos etc. during the exhibition. I have checked continuity and, apart from one, there is no link between the rails on the turntable and the rails feeding off it.

Fortunately I can still bring locos in one one entry road and I can probably bypass an isolating track on another but repairing the problem would be the ideal option. Any ideas anyone?

All the best,
Chris.
Offline Breitenfurt  
#2 Posted : 16 November 2008 12:49:18(UTC)
Breitenfurt


Joined: 01/01/2008(UTC)
Posts: 874
Location: Scotland
BTW, the turntable of a Marklin 8998. Also, I have found that if I lift the end of the turntable if will connect so at least I can run locos onto the shed roads.

Chris.
Offline Breitenfurt  
#3 Posted : 16 November 2008 16:48:27(UTC)
Breitenfurt


Joined: 01/01/2008(UTC)
Posts: 874
Location: Scotland
OK, problem solved. I realised that I could get at the contacts by removing one of the dummy segments on the out ring. By gently raising each contact in turn all was well except for one contact that had suffered terminal damage before I got the turntable. I will just have to live with that.

Chris.
Offline intruder  
#4 Posted : 16 November 2008 17:08:11(UTC)
intruder

Norway   
Joined: 16/08/2006(UTC)
Posts: 5,382
Location: Akershus, Norway
I'm glad you solved it, Chris.

It is of course possible to supply the tracks with external power, but in that case you of course need a lot of switches.
Best regards Svein, Norway
grumpy old sod
Offline Breitenfurt  
#5 Posted : 17 November 2008 01:12:00(UTC)
Breitenfurt


Joined: 01/01/2008(UTC)
Posts: 874
Location: Scotland
Hi Svein.

Well, that is an option as there are not many tracks coming off it and two are powered already. The main problem there is the discrepancy in speed between the TT power supply and the main PSUs. I read somewhere that the controller was designed to run the locos slowly on and off the TT but my experience is that they race across and it is very difficult to centre them. I am planning to put some diodes in line with the output to drop the voltage to a realistic value (slow!).

All the best,
Chris.
Offline JBoldt  
#6 Posted : 14 September 2021 04:36:41(UTC)
JBoldt

United States   
Joined: 30/11/2017(UTC)
Posts: 5
Location: Massachusetts, Boston
same problem...speed on turntable is full throttle or off...did I fry it?
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