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rschaffr		#51 Posted : 21 December 2005 21:21:14(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 03/01/2003(UTC) Posts: 5,181 Location: Southern New Jersey, USA		Update: Just found out that we now have a source of RTS couplers and other goodies in North America. Martin Hoffmann (http://www.marklin-eh.com/) now has them in stock.
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grnwtrs		#52 Posted : 22 December 2005 19:43:53(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 18/06/2005(UTC) Posts: 669 Location: El Sobrante, California		Quote: Originally posted by almagik <br />I bought mine on ebay here, but now there aren't. http://cgi.ebay.it/ws/eB...TRK%3AMEWN%3AIT&rd=1 They work fine on my lighted coaches An other good coupler is this original 2 poles by marklin mounted on the coaches of the train cod. 26511 /quote] SOLD SOLD! First off, thanks for the super great pics. Now my finance director is upset. She also saw the pics,and knows that I will be ordering these (RTS) couplers for the Rheingold, Amtrak, and Tee express( poor man') and AT& SF sets. Thanks so much Gene El Sobrante, CA on the left coast .
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Alberto Pedrini		#53 Posted : 22 December 2005 19:47:57(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 02/07/2004(UTC) Posts: 1,448 Location: Italy		You are welcome
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rschaffr		#54 Posted : 27 January 2006 05:40:30(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 03/01/2003(UTC) Posts: 5,181 Location: Southern New Jersey, USA		Just found a problem with my RTS couplers. Easily solved, though. The contact "tail" that sticks past the NEM pocket contacts the wheels of my double decker cars in R1 curves. I just converted these cars and it is the first time I found this problem. I just shortened the tail (doesn't affect contact at all) and solved it.
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Guus		#55 Posted : 27 January 2006 11:10:17(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 13/10/2004(UTC) Posts: 2,616		Hi all, Talking about RTS couplers have you seen this one: http://www.maerklin.de/produkte...MSITE=&wishednumber= To me this coupler looks very similar to the one from RTS. Are they actually the same? Kind regards Guus
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rschaffr		#56 Posted : 27 January 2006 15:26:55(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 03/01/2003(UTC) Posts: 5,181 Location: Southern New Jersey, USA		Guus. Someone here (Martin maybe?)said that RTS was selling them to Marklin. I think Marklin substitutes their larger hoops for the small RTS ones, but the body is certainly the same.
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rschaffr		#57 Posted : 27 January 2006 17:03:19(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 03/01/2003(UTC) Posts: 5,181 Location: Southern New Jersey, USA		Update: I shortened the tails too much..they don't make contact now. Have to rethink this.... Must leave for work now. I'll play with it next week.
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David Dewar		#58 Posted : 28 January 2006 01:22:46(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 01/02/2004(UTC) Posts: 7,462 Location: Scotland		Just bought 10 of these couplers. Somewhat surprised to find they have no wires attached and as far as I can see are only single pole so I will still require to have a contact on the coach wheels. I presume you solder a wire at the end of the contact strip. David
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Alberto Pedrini		#59 Posted : 28 January 2006 01:37:43(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 02/07/2004(UTC) Posts: 1,448 Location: Italy		Quote: [size=1" face="Verdana" id="quote]quote:Originally posted by David Dewar <br />Just bought 10 of these couplers. Somewhat surprised to find they have no wires attached and as far as I can see are only single pole so I will still require to have a contact on the coach wheels. I presume you solder a wire at the end of the contact strip. David Hi David, if your coaches aren't ready for lights you must buy the: 7319 Current-Conducting Close Couplers. Retrofit kit for all modern 26.4 cm / 10-3/8*, and 27.0 cm / 10-5/8* long Märklin H0 cars with guide mechanisms. Contents: 10 special, rigid drawbars, can be inserted into standard coupler pockets. 20 contact elements for hookup to the 7330 lighting kit. Coupling jig for installing the drawbars. Complete installation instructions. Only one pickup shoe is required for each composition of lighted cars with the current-conducting close couplers.
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Hoffmann		#60 Posted : 28 January 2006 02:02:55(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 25/11/2004(UTC) Posts: 1,106 Location: Guelph, Ontario		Hi all, RTS also makes a contact strip for four axles Cars for Ground Pickup, Looks simple but works very well. Martin
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David Dewar		#61 Posted : 30 January 2006 13:05:38(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 01/02/2004(UTC) Posts: 7,462 Location: Scotland		Sorry Alberto and Martin but you have lost me here. Having used Roco and Viessman conducting couplers I presumed that the RTS would be similar...at least with two poles. Alberto if you are talking about the Marklin old system I no of nobody who has used it with success. Martin are you saying I have bought the wrong type of RTS couplers. I normally take both power and ground from the loco and run it through the train thus not needing any contacts on the track. Is this not possible with the RTS I have. Thanks guys David
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rschaffr		#62 Posted : 30 January 2006 14:24:06(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 03/01/2003(UTC) Posts: 5,181 Location: Southern New Jersey, USA		David: The RTS couplers do, in fact, only have one circuit. That is ok with me, I ground each coach indivdiually. They have a toung that interfaces with the car contacts ont he newer cars, in the same way the Marklin CC's do. No wires needed. The contact is good, no problems there.
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David Dewar		#63 Posted : 30 January 2006 17:35:14(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 01/02/2004(UTC) Posts: 7,462 Location: Scotland		Thanks Ron. I will ground each coach as you say and as they do uncouple there is a big advantage. The Viessman I think may be better but contact is not as good and it is necessary to fiddle with the wire on the couplings from time to time. I always light all my coaches and also stations which makes the layout look really good in the dark. David
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rschaffr		#64 Posted : 30 January 2006 20:49:10(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 03/01/2003(UTC) Posts: 5,181 Location: Southern New Jersey, USA		I really liked the Viessmann couplers. I had aready equipped four trains with them when I found out about these. The Viessmann ones operate smoothly and have good conductivity. The only drawback was that they could not be coupled with standard Marklin ones. I have two S-Bahn trains equipped with Viessmann, and may just leave them since it unlikely that I will break those trains apart. I have laready converted my double decker to RTS from Viessmann, and have another one on my era III layout I need to change. I have found the RTS to be a little stiff (hard to couple) at first but after a few operations they loosen up.
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Rydman		#65 Posted : 08 February 2006 08:15:11(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 05/02/2006(UTC) Posts: 20 Location: , MI		I got mine from Hoffman's. I think RTS work great! I use them on my 28703 Swedish set and on my Rheingold 4228 set. With the Rheingold set, RTS couplers do increase spacing between wagons from 2.8 to 7.8mm. The M current couplers that came with Rheingold set are shorter. The Swedish set fit perfectly with same car spacing. These are huge convenience when removing or placing these car sets on layout. As someone mentioned previously, you do have to be a bit forceful with Marklin current conducting couplers. This always made me nervous about potentially damaging something. RTS are real easy to work with and electrical connection I find is actually better than stock M ones.
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steventrain		#66 Posted : 08 February 2006 11:08:56(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 21/10/2004(UTC) Posts: 31,697 Location: United Kingdom		Hello, Welcome to the forum Rydman,What county do you live?
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HueyCE		#67 Posted : 08 February 2006 12:05:17(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 12/01/2003(UTC) Posts: 2,528 Location: Groton, Connecticut		Welcome to the forum Rydman. Ira P.S. Canadian?
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jeehring		#68 Posted : 09 February 2006 20:55:25(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 25/09/2003(UTC) Posts: 2,786 Location: ,		Yes Rydman ! I have noticed that with Rheingold set RTS couplers are increasing space between coaches, it's true ! Just few millimeters... Strange isn't it? Because it's not the case with all others coaches ...on which, space between coaches remain the same whatever you use , Marklin conductive shaft or RTS couplers.. I never went into the subject in greater depth.. The only reason could be that original Marklin conductive socket for Rheingold cars is different from regular Marklin Nem socket ..may be ? Welcome to the forum !
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Rydman		#69 Posted : 14 February 2006 05:11:06(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 05/02/2006(UTC) Posts: 20 Location: , MI		Steve, Huey, Jeehring, Thanks for the welcome! Sorry my reply is so late. Busy. Don't wlaways have time to surf net. Hoffmann EH told me about this site so I thought I would check it out. I did and signed up. Just what I need another Forum to follow! LOL! Anyway, I live in Michigan, not too far from the 'hood (Detroit) :) Jeehring, The M current conducting couplers (CCC)on Rheingold car set are 5mm shorter than others I have (on Swedish car set for example). I imagine longer ones are probably more standard M CCC's and these are ones RTS are designed to replace. The RTS ones are so convenient, I'll live with the spacing increase. I will say, the Rheingold cars do look good when close coupled with stock M CCC's.
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kgsjoqvist		#70 Posted : 14 February 2006 12:06:00(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 04/06/2002(UTC) Posts: 754 Location: Täby		Quote: [size=1" face="Verdana" id="quote]quote:Originally posted by David Dewar <br />Sorry Alberto and Martin but you have lost me here. Having used Roco and Viessman conducting couplers I presumed that the RTS would be similar...at least with two poles. Alberto if you are talking about the Marklin old system I no of nobody who has used it with success. Martin are you saying I have bought the wrong type of RTS couplers. I normally take both power and ground from the loco and run it through the train thus not needing any contacts on the track. Is this not possible with the RTS I have. Thanks guys David If you want to control the lights digitally with a decoder it's a big disadvantage to have one-pole couplers. The lights will flicker if you ground them through the rails. But I can still see the couplers are useful to use power from the loco to feed the coaches without needing extra sliders.
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laalves		#71 Posted : 14 February 2006 12:49:14(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 10/02/2004(UTC) Posts: 2,162 Location: Portugal		Quote: [size=1" face="Verdana" id="quote]quote:Originally posted by kgsjoqvist If you want to control the lights digitally with a decoder it's a big disadvantage to have one-pole couplers. The lights will flicker if you ground them through the rails. But I can still see the couplers are useful to use power from the loco to feed the coaches without needing extra sliders. Yes, but if one uses something like the Viessmann, LED based lighting strips, with rectifying and regulating circuits, there's no problem at all. Otherwise, if using Märklin's filament lamp sets, it's better to do a small inexpensive rectifying circuit with four diodes and a capacitor. Luis
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rschaffr		#72 Posted : 14 February 2006 16:51:54(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 03/01/2003(UTC) Posts: 5,181 Location: Southern New Jersey, USA		I have not seen a problem with flickering if the grounding spring is making all four contacts with both axles of the grounded bogie. I had one of the cars I recently converted flickering, I took the spring out and flexed the arms downward. No flicker.
		-Ron Digital, Epoch IV-V(K-track/CS3/6021Connect/60216051), Epoch III(C-track/6021/6036/6051) http://www.sem-co.com/~rschaffr/trains/trains.html
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