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Current Keeper for Shay

Started by RRPETE, June 02, 2017, 03:59:21 PM

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Hunt

Quote from: Hunt on June 06, 2017, 09:57:08 PM
Quote from: 2foot6 on June 06, 2017, 07:34:52 PM
Does any one know the value of the keep alive capacitor?..............Peter

Pete ask TCS but per my tech notes their KA1 at one time (may still do)  used 6 X 220,000 uf super capacitors at 2.5 volts each, wired in series.

BTW Peter, I pointed you to TCS because Keep Alive is their product.
Current Keeper is a SoundTraxx  product.



2foot6

Thank you for the info Hunt,will  do some further investigation on supply and pricing.....Peter

2foot6

Thank you Hunt ,the other info very helpful........Peter.

RRPETE

Thanks to all. Much appreciated. After looking at the photo, I realize that my decoder actually precedes the B2TS series. I do have the B2TS in one of my Shays. It has the plug-in pins per your picture, that plug into the Bachmann board. The decoder in my older shay is a TCS 312D48, REV AR2. It is hard-wired - no pins to plug in to the Bachmann board. Any help with that would really be appreciated.  Thanks.

Also, I have some 1 farad, 5.5 v capacitors, if that would be an easier solution?

regbarron@icloud.com

http://www.members.optusnet.com.au/mainnorth/alive.htm

The above link should go to Marcus Ammann's Stay Alive page.  It has lots of info on adding stay alive capacitors to a variety of decoders.

Reg Barron

regbarron@icloud.com

https://sites.google.com/site/markgurries/home/decoders/keep-alive-compatibility

The above is another excellent site for stay alive cap info.  This one be Mark Gurries.

Reg Barron