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| Posted: Sat Mar 5th, 2016 10:58 am |
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2foot6
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I must like a challenge or punishment.
After the success of shortening three Bachmann coaches
(Topic name .... 'Bachmann Coaches How To Shorten')
I have decided to shorten another baggage car.
This car has onboard wireless CCTV,
to check on the quality of the scenery and give a drivers view.
I will need to condense the electrics into a smaller area,
and keep it well ventilated.
Are you modellers interested in progress reports,
and pics as progress is made?
It's not a major project and will not take long.
But might be interesting for some,
as the CCTV is running on DCC.
.....cheers Peter.
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| Posted: Sat Mar 5th, 2016 12:06 pm |
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| Posted: Sun Mar 6th, 2016 12:28 pm |
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Here is the CCTV car to be shortened.
................................Peter
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| Posted: Sun Mar 6th, 2016 12:36 pm |
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The insides of the CCTV car to be fitted into the shorter car.
....................Peter
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| Posted: Sun Mar 6th, 2016 12:41 pm |
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All components removed, the shell ready for the saw.
The digital readout unit is an adjustable Voltage controller for the 8.5 Volt camera,
and the six capacitors give 6,000uF of storage,
to stop the camera dropping out on switches and filter the rectified AC wave (DCC).
I hope it all fits back into the shorter car.
A Disclaimer .....
The components shown are from a setup installed a few years ago,
there probably is a better way of doing the same job these days.
I will leave that for the experts to comment.
........................Peter
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| Posted: Sun Mar 6th, 2016 05:14 pm |
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A DIGITAL DISPLAY ...
Is it REALLY a CCTV ?
Jose.
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| Posted: Mon Mar 7th, 2016 02:18 am |
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2foot6
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Hi Jose,
The digital display is the Voltage regulator,
it displays the output Voltage to the camera.
It's either change the 9 Volt battery often,
or run with this large regulator that happens to have a readout.
As I said earlier with today's electronics there are better ways,
but I am from the days of valves, and they get too hot for plastics.
I found out the hard way, the camera is sensitive to over Voltage,
so the display is also a quick check of Voltage output.
...............cheers Peter
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| Posted: Mon Mar 7th, 2016 03:33 am |
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| Posted: Mon Mar 7th, 2016 06:11 am |
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Decided to change the colour to match some other coaches.
Now to fit the camera, capacitors and Voltage regulator.
.........cheers Peter
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