DARREN Posted October 14, 2009 Report Share Posted October 14, 2009 My track is now at 70 foot with 8 Lc's, Running 2 cars is awesome but after the 3rd car we start to lose power. Gets boring when you cant crash. Running the normal 4 car Pb unit with the Lc's all running off the Scalie power supply 15volt. No I am not keen on running the Lc's on a diferant power supply. As I followed instructions off these page's using my old analogue power supply to run Lc's. Was good for a few days until 1 short burnt out 3 Lc's at once. What kind of power supply can I source to give the extra grunt needed without spending big dollars?. Does digital require something special from a power supply? Thanks heaps guys, Yes I did read through the threads but hope there are better alternatives than a $300 Dick smith unit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aussieslotter Posted October 14, 2009 Report Share Posted October 14, 2009 Sadly theres not a real lot you can do. Regardless of what power supply you run its limited by the powerbase. You didnt use the power supply for your analogue PB to power the LCs by any chance? Right now thats the cheapest fix. Quote 3 stooges, 2 apologists and 1 deep endless mess. www.scorpiuswireless.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slots Posted October 14, 2009 Report Share Posted October 14, 2009 You could try and negotiate the special sale price from DS. They may just do it out of sale time for a one off. Quote Stu Old racers race harder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glengtl1 Posted October 15, 2009 Report Share Posted October 15, 2009 Hi Darren As Rick said not much choice all i can say is it does make a difference when lane changers are powered seperatley even with the scaly power supply still running the pb.The only way to stay with your current set up and basicly negate the power problems is to run with no magnets, which is an art on its own and you will probably not need all the power to run for cars and believe me you will crash.If you do decide to up the power, it may be worth checking out costing for Ricks system , i am hopefully about to recieve my order, nudge,nudge ,wink, wink Rick if your listening,My new track is only half the size of yours but has 9 lc,s all powered from three old digital scaly power supplies. I have alot more stable power to spare using the ds power supply but still have the surge problem if a car comes of . We all understand the frustration with this problem, just depends how far your willing to go to try and eliminate it. I would like to say wait for the new 6car pb but it may be a while from past history Glen Quote www.gtlslotcaraccessories.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy_Cart Posted October 18, 2009 Report Share Posted October 18, 2009 Darren We have a 110 foot SSD track with 9 LC's which are not seperately powered and we use a third party regulated power supply with variable volts 6v to 15v and max 25 amps. We also have the old 6 car PB modified with PB Pro & Simplle H output stage which eliminates all the power issues & surges experienced when cars deslot. Normally we race at 13.8v but when we have 6 cars with good drivers we run at 15v and with 9 power taps around the track power is excellent. This set up costs a bit though and we did it over time so options IMHO are find an old 6 car PB and get it modified or go Scorpius, either way their is a fair investment needed but the results are great. Cheers Phil Quote Cheers Phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DARREN Posted October 18, 2009 Author Report Share Posted October 18, 2009 Sadly theres not a real lot you can do. Regardless of what power supply you run its limited by the powerbase. You didnt use the power supply for your analogue PB to power the LCs by any chance? Right now thats the cheapest fix. Yes I did use the Scalextric Analogue to run my Lc's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aussieslotter Posted October 26, 2009 Report Share Posted October 26, 2009 From memory thats an AC not DC supply, probably why you blew 3 LCs. Quote 3 stooges, 2 apologists and 1 deep endless mess. www.scorpiuswireless.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozquad44 Posted November 10, 2009 Report Share Posted November 10, 2009 If you had another four car PB, could you add it to the track and run two cars off your original PB (throttle position 1 and 2) and then two cars off the other one (throttle position 3 and 4)? Both PB would be regulated to 4 amps, but in parallel, they could be put at different ends of your circuit so current draw on the individual PB would be reduced. Thus giving your drivers the freedom of separate driver stations. This is just a suggestion, and I have no idea if this could damage either PB? I also assume that it would not be possible to run 8 cars as both PB would share the same car ID signals. Would be a real simple solution to any power issues if it did work though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aussieslotter Posted November 15, 2009 Report Share Posted November 15, 2009 You cant have 2 PBs in one circuit unless modified..... Quote 3 stooges, 2 apologists and 1 deep endless mess. www.scorpiuswireless.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozquad44 Posted November 15, 2009 Report Share Posted November 15, 2009 (edited) Yeah, I thought it may be too good to be true. Since my last post I had a read about the work you guys did with Slave 6 CAR PB way back in 06. I still don't quite understand the reasons why it can't be done, especially considering early on in the piece when there were a few guys testing out the mods that had powered up their PB but with the slave lead disconnected. No reports of smoke, just that the car accelerated by itself when the second PB came on. I can't help but think that this was somehow caused by the modifications that were done to the slave PB? But having said that, after reading those old slave threads I certainly don't doubt you, especially after all the work that was done. I guess its got something to do with the phasing of two A/C currents on one circuit, or perhaps one PB would trip if there was current draw without a generated signal coming from that PB. I guess thats one of the reasons why scorpius is the ducks knuts, given that the track can be powered up, free of the limitations of a PB. Edited November 15, 2009 by ozquad44 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aussieslotter Posted November 16, 2009 Report Share Posted November 16, 2009 Yup you got it, no limitations :( Quote 3 stooges, 2 apologists and 1 deep endless mess. www.scorpiuswireless.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neebie Posted December 1, 2009 Report Share Posted December 1, 2009 Gday Darren,If your interested i have a brand new DS3800 3-15v 25amp regulated power supply which is ideal for your situation.Send me a message if your interested. :nice: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yngwie Posted December 1, 2009 Report Share Posted December 1, 2009 I have a 6 car PB that used to be a slave in a MS mod that I do not need! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RikoRocket Posted January 14, 2010 Report Share Posted January 14, 2010 You should be able to do a Simple H mod on that 6PB to get real Amps on the track. I keep thinking that maybe we should do a S-H for the 4PB, should be relatively easy, just S-H are not cheap. Anyone got any trash 6PBs they want to dump in my direction? People keep asking me for them. Quote .............................PM me for C7042 Aux to PC cables............or Pit-Pro... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gno67 Posted February 17, 2010 Report Share Posted February 17, 2010 Darren We have a 110 foot SSD track with 9 LC's which are not seperately powered and we use a third party regulated power supply with variable volts 6v to 15v and max 25 amps. We also have the old 6 car PB modified with PB Pro & Simplle H output stage which eliminates all the power issues & surges experienced when cars deslot. Normally we race at 13.8v but when we have 6 cars with good drivers we run at 15v and with 9 power taps around the track power is excellent. This set up costs a bit though and we did it over time so options IMHO are find an old 6 car PB and get it modified or go Scorpius, either way their is a fair investment needed but the results are great. Cheers Phil Hi ,what is a power tap? Can you run power to other parts of track? if so how do you do it? Cheers gno67 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glengtl1 Posted February 20, 2010 Report Share Posted February 20, 2010 POWERTAP INFO Checkout the link from slotforum it should help with power taps I just solder mine to the lugs but be careful not to melt your track The idea of power taps is to ensure power is evenly spread through out the track and doesnt have to go all the way around the track to get to the other side. Cheers Glen Quote www.gtlslotcaraccessories.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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