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Mamod MM2 Running N Scale train via Homemade genny!
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PostPosted: Wed Nov 04, 2009 10:16 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Great idea Jim.

Lateral thinking at its best!
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PostPosted: Wed Nov 04, 2009 10:17 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
metalhead100 wrote:
DR...

Next time i hook it up i will measure the MAH draw....

Its a new 5 pole skewed arm Bachmann...very nice runner ...

Jim

I hope not. MAH stands for Mega-Amp-Hour. I think you mean mA (milli-Amp).
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PostPosted: Thu Nov 05, 2009 1:07 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Yes Roly ....thanks.

I used caps for emphasis ...guess that was bad on my part...

mAh...better?


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PostPosted: Thu Nov 05, 2009 1:11 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
metalhead100 wrote:
Yes Roly ....thanks.

I used caps for emphasis ...guess that was bad on my part...

mAh...better?


Jim

No, just mA.

Current is measured in Amps (or milliamps). mAh stands for milliamp hour, which is, for example, the capacity of a battery. (A 500mAh battery is capable of supplying 500mA for 1 hour or 50mA for 10 hours etc.)
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PostPosted: Thu Nov 05, 2009 8:58 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
The amp-hours would be pretty interesting as well.

We could compare burning meths the national grid.  
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PostPosted: Thu Nov 05, 2009 9:19 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
that's so cool!
Would be interesting to see how fast it would move with a bigger engine like a SE3
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PostPosted: Thu Nov 05, 2009 10:05 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
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that's so cool!
Would be interesting to see how fast it would move with a bigger engine like a SE3


With a bigger drive pully to match.
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PostPosted: Fri Nov 06, 2009 12:19 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Roly,

Right again......

I am so used to dealing in mAh....as i test my rc batteries for my Airplanes ....guess I am stuck on Amp hours.....HAHHAA

I have some 2700 mAh packs for one of my planes...And I use as load tester cycle-er that reads out mAh....after draining the pack under load.

In my head i was thinking milliamps but was expressing it as mAh....instead of mA....

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PostPosted: Fri Nov 06, 2009 8:32 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
All these TLAs do my head in as well.
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PostPosted: Fri Nov 06, 2009 5:10 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
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All these TLAs do my head in as well.


We have a list at work of of acronymnmnmns that we have used. Its up in the thousands long. Some combinations have half a dozen meanings.  
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PostPosted: Mon Nov 16, 2009 10:53 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
very very nice, makes me wonder what else other people have used their steam engines for
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PostPosted: Wed Nov 18, 2009 3:15 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
excellent display. thanks for sharing.
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PostPosted: Wed Nov 18, 2009 3:47 am    Post subject: Reply with quote


A bit larger power source, but pretty cool none-the-less.
Not mine though.
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