Wednesday 30 October 2019

What’s The Point?

Some running repairs have been required to the fiddle yards following our exhibition outing.


A couple of the points became a bit iffy over the weekend, needing repeated presses of the push buttons - and a burst from the CPU - to throw.

Another one had a freak failure of the shaft connecting the motor and the point.

All those dodgy units have now been replaced.


It’s remarkable that we should have so many fail in one weekend given how those installed on Dduallt have done nearly 30 years.

One of the rotary switches to select the roads has been changed - a big job with so many connections to be unsoldered and replaced - and there were a number of failed LEDS to be renewed.


Components are not what they used to be, it seems..

4 comments:

  1. most of these small parts probably come from China anymore.

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  2. So what if they do come from China? The Chinese are perfectly capable of making quality stuff - it's just this costs more than the cheap stuff and we prefer to save money.

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  3. To each his own, I guess. If you would rather buy cheap stuff over and over, well, that's your call.

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  4. It's the same Seep / Gaugemaster product we've been using for 30+ years. Your point?

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