[Accrs-ho] At the club today

[ACCRS HO Scale]

John

We have had problems in the past with the electronics used for the HO occupancy detection. It usually is a device underneath the lay out that causes the lights to flash. In the past if you "thumped" it would work. Not clear if this is the problem now. I should come out and check it out. I have had my Covid shots (both of them) and after 2/18 should be 94% protected. Let me get a hold of Gasry and see if I can schedule a visit. 

Regards

Jere Ingram

1826 Moreland Drive
Alameda, CA. 94501
(H) 510 865 7531
(C) 925 286 2479

> On 02/12/2021 12:38 PM ACCRS HO Scale <accrs-ho at mail.accrs.org> wrote:
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> Message From: Becky and John Kolberg  bjkolberg at aol.com
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> I did not get under the layout to see if the occupancy system as a whole was not on.  I just noticed that none of the occupancy lights on the panel lit up as my train went around the layout.
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> John
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> Message From:  UPWPFan at comcast.net
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> John
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> I missed the occupancy issue, can you provide a little more detail on what is going on? Is it not working period or is it the failure to flash when occupied?
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> Jere Ingram
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> From: ACCRS HO Scale
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> Sent: February 11, 2021 at 5:14 PM
> Subject: [Accrs-ho] At the club today
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> Message From: Becky and John Kolberg bjkolberg at aol.com
> I spent a couple hours at the club today--mostly track cleaning.  I used two of my hard-pulling analog locos on the track-cleaning car train  The first time around on the freight line there were a number of spots where a single engine would have stalled due to dirty track and dirty wheels--the second engine was able to keep the train moving.  I had to clean the loco wheels after each round trip (also the cleaning cars).  By the fourth round trip the engine headlight seldom flickered, so the track was getting cleaner.  I know that several of you have been hand-scrubbing the tracks and running the track-cleaning train, so I am not sure what mechanism is re-depositing dirt on the tracks.  I ran the passenger line also with similar behavior.
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> My observation was the roller-car cleaners are worthless--at least there was no accumulation of gunk on the rollers.  The Masonite scrubbing cars did pick up gunk.  Frankly, I believe my locos picked up more gunk than any of the cars--of course they were leading the train.
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> As someone else noted, the block occupancy detector system is not functioning.
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> John
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