Lights are off

[keitaro]

Lol my train lost lights air con will post pics when I get home.... So dark

[David]

Bend the contacts down a bit so they push against the truck pickups.

[keitaro]

Lol I worded wrong I guess.

 

Like the real train I am traveling on at night here suddenly lights and air con went off and never came back

 

 

 

*** pic off iphone

[scott]

surely the same approach would work?

[keitaro]

or the cantenary up ...

 

anyway strangest thing was the guards compartment had lights just all other cars went out

 

and electronic doors still worked just lighting and air con failure.

 

not sure how those old tincans work but i think they share power via cable in coupler to all cars so maybe a part or single cable break

 

one other thing i noticed is the train had a hard time acelerating like the cars were really jerky when accelerating like some of them just didn't want to move.

 

perhaps the motors were also not connecting to each other....

[The_Ghan]

Keitaro,

 

Quit complaining.  This is Sydney.  You should be thankful that train was running at all !!!!

 

... lol ... 

 

Cheers

 

The_Ghan

[keitaro]

lol can't wait till the wife finishes her job in oct i get the car back  LOL 

[marknewton]

not sure how those old tincans work but i think they share power via cable in coupler to all cars so maybe a part or single cable break

 

No, that's not how they work. In a four-car block, each motor/trailer pair share a supply set and other electrical components. If the lights go out, it usually means the supply set has tripped, or failed. The crew cabs are powered separately, which is why the lights in the guard's cab stayed on.

 

and electronic doors still worked just

 

The doors aren't electronic, they have air motors, only the control is electrical, and again it's a separate circuit.

 

one other thing i noticed is the train had a hard time acelerating like the cars were really jerky when accelerating like some of them just didn't want to move.

 

Sounds like one or more motor cars weren't powering. That, in conjunction with the lights being out, suggests the HT line switches had tripped and not reset. The crew should have pressed the plungers in the DUST cupboard to sort that out...

 

Mark.