Tuning and Powerpacking a New Locomotive
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- čas přidán 8. 10. 2020
- In this video I´m presenting the steps I take with new locomotives before putting them in service on the layout. The goal is maximum performance and minimize potential problems. This includes not only tuning of the configuration, but also installation of a €2 Power Pack, as well as a number of other prepararations.
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Component List Cheapo Powerpack:
1000uF / 25V Capasitor: CONRAD Item no.: 1472840 (€ 0.85/ea)
alt 2200uF / 25V Capasitor: CONRAD Item no.: 1476100 (€ 1.39/ea)
Carbon film resistor 100 Ω: CONRAD Item no.: 400130 (€ 0.12/ea)
Diode 1N4007: CONRAD Item no.: 564849 (€0.21/ea)
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Because you announced "no more commercial breaks in tutorials" I actually stopped the tutorial and made a donation - because you are right: it is super annoying and such a decision should be supported (by everybody watching your channel, ideally)
Me too!
Nog een nederlander hier? maar idd die reclames zijn irritant, k ben blij dat ze er uit zijn!
14:47
The smile of a satisfied man;)
Beautiful video friend!
Great video! Charges with positive!
Correctly say that men are big kids! Seeing how you are happy at 14:48 minute - is great!
I just loved the camera shot of the new train with its cardo and you sitting just in the background JUST AS HAPPY as you could be! I'm a new Patreon ....80% because of you, your a delight to watch after a long day. And wow !!!!! you sure do look so happy. Thx for sharing!
Really nice locomotive.I loved the official hand-off of duties to the new loco, while the elder one goes out to begin life as a stud. Or so I presume is the case for retired iron horses.
This Power Pack is often referred to as a keep alive circuit and I think this would be a good keyword to include as well. Thanks for the tips!
That smile when the new locomotive pulls the coal train... lovely...
Marklin of Sweden my hobby has taken me on a new journey to becoming more proficient in attempting new ideas or just building kits from scratch your teaching is simple direct and fun to follow .Len Cape Town South Africa
Your production quality is too good for CZcams. Really awesome videos!! I love your energy and you seem so nice! You deserve more views 🥺💕 much love coming from California !!
Thank you Daniela for the kind comment!
Agreed
Great looking engine and I liked the addition of the power pack. Best of all was the great smile on your face as you watched the engine as it ran on the layout you looked so pleased and happy at the new addition.
Very nice locomotive and with the PowerPack, of course, all the better. Thanks and regards - Tino
Complete instruction and guidance as always, Martin! Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for all your fine videos.
Oh my gosh Martin, that is stunning. Love it. Thank you so much. As always please take care
You sure are a happy Chappy! Really like your enthusiasm and cheerful presentations!
Cheers from New Zealand!
Tak for alle dine fine videoer.
I love this guy! Relaxing voice. I couldn’t sleep last night, til I watched him building a crane. 😊☺️😊
Genio! muy buenos tus videos, lo hacés todo muy fácil y práctico, y con hermosos resultados! Muy motivadores tus videos!
Nice locomotive and good that you can be very happy and enthousiastic with your anual purchase. If you are able to buy what ever you want it becomes normal. Enjoy this locomotive.
Congratulations!
Cheers!
Great video! Thanks for showing the stay alive capacitors and how you fit then!
Very informative. Thank you for your time and efforts. It's also great to hear that more people are supporting the channel allowing for the cursed mid-video ads to go away. Maybe more of the people will support you now.
Absolutely brilliant, tack!!
As always a brilliant video! I do like the continental steamers, so different to our English ones.
Thanks for the video, and Skål to you!
Unbelievable !!! You really are the best, it's awesome and the locomotive is super beautiful with its patina
Another great video Martin.
Very informative and your enthusiasm is addictive. I am just learning about DCC and how complicated it can be for a beginner, but you have made it much easier to understand. That is a beautiful locomotive....Cheers!
Very well presented and a useful content!
Really enjoy your videos, thanks
You're an amazing modeler and do excellent videos. Both your layout and videos are in a class of their own. Thank you for sharing. Stay well. -Wil 👍
Beautiful work .Greetings from Trieste ,Italy
Thanks for sharing your knowledges!!
congratulations
Nice tutorial. I use similar home made power packs in my coaches to stop flickering. There are smaller and smaller capacitors on the market now, even surface mounted ones if you are really struggling for space. Your new loco looks amazing. Thankyou for sharing this.
Excellent video
Your videos have always been very helpful for me, definitely one if not the best model railroad content creators on CZcams!
Also talking about BR 044s I just got myself one in N scale (from Fleischmann) since that's the scale I model in and I absolutely adore it!
Love it 🔥
Great tutorial!
Very nice!
Cool idea.
Great! 👍
However a very good video and really nice tips! 😊
Greetings from Germany!
Excellent
Good video tutorial Martin ! Both thumbs up and both BR44 are classics oil fired old one and new coal burning with lots of dust ;) Greetings from other side of the pond. Congratulations on your U -Tube upgrade.
first let me say I think you well deserved the new BR 40... nice to see you did the chanhge over scene too... great steam locomotive and as always inspiring... Cheers Neil
Another great video. I believe you also use the Power Pack assembly when lighting passenger coaches. Excellent idea. I will try that first !
Thank you for this tutto 👍😊
Hello Martin, great video and great steamer ! I'm also waiting for this model ! It's the third model of the Br44/43 new construction of Märklin ! Thank you for your great work. Kindest regards Pascal Keller Shosta
Thanks 🎂from🇩🇰
Thanks, Martin. Another way to avoid ads is by using a browser like Brave.
#MarklinofSweden
Amazing sir...!!!! LOVE FROM INDIA
#ReallyAmazing
Super good video :)
3M EST guard wrist strap... "3M"... huh. "3M" stands for Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing, I was born in Minnesota, so, to see you owning a product from there is neat!
Lovely video. Thank you. John
Who looks like a kid with a new toy? LOL. Very nice loco and interesting alterations.
GREAT vid..the price of the Esu made up battery caps are quite expensive , good alternative made up by you Martin..all the Viessmann and some high end Roco models now come standard with the battery backup..
Thanks for the tips on the buffer capacitors , after experimenting 2200 mf is probably the minimum for me personally to make it worth the effort. Currently searching for the smaller appropriate capacitors.
Hi Martin, This is a super video ! Most enjoyable. Love the loco although I'm not a DB fan and most of my steam loco's are Hornby DCC sound and some Roco's as well. Regarding pub: I use 'Slimjet' as a browser + Ad Blocker. No pub at all. You just need a bit of patience here on YT for they give an 'error code' but after about 10 sec the video's play without interruption. Thanks for uploading ! Greetings, Filip
3:11 kåpling. haha lät lite roligt. Mycket fint lok!
Have a look at my G gauge garden railway in Australia. Just key up Yea Valley Garden railway, and enjoy the ride with a camera strapped to flat car & propelled around the entire set up.
Nice video about the Br 44 and great layout, although it isn't a typical German landscape.😁 I have the Oil fired 39880 and I will install a powerpack as well. May I mention that it looks like the coal cover on the tender hasn't quite snapped into place.
Hej Martin, I'm one of your patrons. Great video as always, however I feel there's sometimes just too much info too quickly. Could I therefore make a suggestion: Would you be able to add titles or chapters to ease rewinding etc? Tack sa mycket!
You should keep the videos if helps you putting out this great content! Could you do a video on what the best digital system would be for a starter?
SMD capacitors would allow a bigger total, or take less space. But soldering 30 or 50 of them together is a real pain.
But this locomotive is a proof that 3rd rail system has some real disadvantages. A 2 rails version of this Decapod will never need a power pack, not with 9 collecting axles.
Thats not true, that a 3 rail system is not good as a 2 rail. In my childhood I had a marklin and some friend a Fleischmann and the 3 rail contacts, even in this analogue, times where superior!! My friend was some kind of envious about the Märklin 3 rail system!!
@@paulhorn2665 Well, I have a Roco Decapod that I used as kid, with cheap DC controller over bad Jouef turnout, and it never stalled.
@@pbyfr Good!
I've recently watched a video of BigCliveDotCom about some piezoelectric atomisers. The effect of thin vapour clouds looked extremely fitting for the steam locos exhaust. I wonder if something like that could be adapted for these model trains.
Hi, I love your videos and this one certainly gave me inspiration to install a powerpack in my locomotives as well, but I have a question, does any of the specifications of the condensators or resistor like voltage or anything need to be different if you run a 2 rail DC system?And do I also need to solder them to different pins on the decoder?
Märklin should sponsor you with some locomotives 👍🏻
The worst part is the locomotives that need a power pack are the ones that are too small to have one. I have an e3/3 and its a pain especially in the yard
True.. unfortunately..
I often skip to the end of the video, and let it end, then replay and the ads will not show.
Wow! I’ll try that!
Hi Martin, thanks again for your great presentation to ETE last Monday (European Train Enthusiasts, ete.org for those of you who don't know it)! The new loco is beautiful. Does this work for 2 rail locomotives as well, or does this need to be modified for 2 rail?
Hi! Thank you! This works for 2-rail system too.
Hi, Another very informative video. What steam generator did you use and did you need to carry out any other work to enable it to operate without melting the original chimney?
Keep up the good work
This is Märklin item 7226. The generator housing do not get hot at all. Just insert and you are ready to go
A very good video. I understand the electronic circuit, but how do you calculate the resistor please.
...thank you for this tip from the powerpack. It's realy amazing. And it's work! Does it work with a Märklin-Modul too, or is it work only with a ESU-Modul?
(sorry my rusty english)
greatings from germany
Jörg
It should work with all manufacturers. In effect the Capacitor just acts like a battery with a very quick release of power when the main power is cut off for dirt on the track or so on, keeping the wheels turning just long enough to get over the break in voltage. God bless from uk.
@@KennethNicholson1972 Hi Kenny, i think that the capacitor just acts like a capacitor. A battery gets the current from a chemical reaction, and that's not was happening inside a capacitor.
Greetings, A
Takk for m
Hi Martin, fantastic video! I noticed in some of your other videos that you have a Marklin BR 50-2362. I'm curious if you also have installed a powerpack into this locomotive. I've been trying for several days now without any success. I have found a diagram online that says this locomotive uses pin 5 for negative and pin 13 for positive, but when I connect the powerpack to these pins, nothing seems to happen. If you had any insight into how to fix this it would be greatly appreciated.
Dear Martin, Are the mentioned connection numbers on the motherboard for the powerpack the same in all marklin digital locomotives? Thanks and love your videos!!!
I tried adding a power pack /keep alive to my brand new 37119 (DB BR 18.1) but the two pins you indicated do not have 16volt between them. Did Märklin change something?
Does the lights on the locomotive work, then you DO have 16V on those pins. Otherwise there would be no lights.. No, no recent changes..
@@marklinofsweden Never mind, I had them on 5 and 9 - jävla spacial orientation :D Whoops!
It works now. czcams.com/video/b7ip_cYnj1E/video.html Thanks!
Hello to my Marklinofsweden - do you have a prename ?
The quality and the structure of your videos are very professional - seldom I have a point to add - but now...
The acceleration of the 44 is still to fast... I use different slaves on that steam locomotives that allow the use of a wheel sensor, don´t know if it´s possible with yours ? One steam push at the half of the wheel turn. It´s a 3 cyl engine, I think... if the difference of steam push is to narrow (because of the tiny wheels) you can control it by software.
The sound in the begining of the start sequence is much more powerfull and impressive. I use loksound 4 or 5 from ESU, but perhaps it´s possible with the marklin slave too.
best regards to sweden
win
Till slut vågade jag mig på detta😬 det ser så enkelt och gott om plats mellan lödpunkterna när du gör det. Jag har en spetsig lödkolv o ändå är det så trångt så trångt. Första försöket lyckades inte, det låter som kortis och loket rullade bara några cm🤔 Tur jag böjde på ett gammalt Tradera lok😁
Hi, thank you for another useful video. On the diagram 9:11 a 100Ohm and 0,25 Watt resistor is shown. But looking online I have found 100Ohm and 1 Watt. During the explenation you have mentioned only 100Ohm but nothink about Watt. How important is the number of Watt? can be 1W or must be 0,25W? best regards
Hi! The charging of the capasitor is complete after a few milliseconds. The maximum current during first microsecond will be 160mA (2.56W), but it is theoretical since time is soo short. In this application the small size of the resistor need higher priority, so please use 1/8 or 1/4W resistor.
@@marklinofsweden Thank you for the answer. I have one more question, its about 16V capacitors. they are smaller than 25V ones. Here is an example but for keramik capacitors n-modellbahn.de/v90-br-290-von-roco-digitalumbau/ "Die Zehnerdiode D2 dient als Überspannungsschutz für die Kondensatoren, da sie “nur” 16V vertragen" . But i do not know if this will work with Al capacitors and what kind of diode exactly should be used. What is your opinion? Thank you
What happens to the old locomotive??
what program do you use to run your whole track that you show?
Did yo remove the marklin decoder and what decoder did you fit ?
Hey Martin and all the others, I have a question: Is there any difference if I solder the powerpack to the decoder or somewhere else inside the loko? Second: What's wrong of the lights of the loko blink some times and then the CS3 closes the connection (programming track)?
Thanks all
Please, are the capacitors, diode and resistor the same for any locomotives? Is there a mathematical formula for using and concluding which values are ideal?
Same for all? YES
Formula? Different motors have different power consumption, so the theoretical formula varies from one locomotive to another.
Hello Martin,
How is the traction capacity on gradients of this br. 44 model ?
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Greetings from 🇳🇱
Excellent!
This video is awesome
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But I have a doubt :
How can you make a realistic minature train driver seats 💺 plz make a video for this
How does the smoke generator work? How does it heat up to vaporise the smoke oil? Thanks
Typically smoke units are wired up to the pickups for power, and burn a sort of mineral oil for the effect.
A electrically conducrive wire is wound around a steel pipe which has one end in smoke fluid. When power is applied, the steel pipe is heated turning the fluid to very hot and vaporised pushing it by quick expansion out as ”steamer smoke”
what smoke unit do you use ?
Märklin item 7226.
My 2 vintage BR50's and BR44 no longer run reliable. Purchased them new in Germany back in 1985. They use a pancake type motor located in the tender. These motors weren't that reliable back then let alone now. Spent countless hours trying to keep them going but they are now retired to the German Locomotive engine shed. I have always wondered something and you touched upon it in your video. If I understand correctly if I purchased a new Marklin by swapping out the decoder can it run in the US on a Digitrax system?
Digitrax and marklin decoders are different... digitrax follows DCC protocols.... marklin send info in a different protocol.... now i been out the hobby for sometime... so things may have changed...
But i also found a way around this issue by using a "intellibox" central command station.... this allow running of marklin and digitrax decoders on one system...
@@toddsvalley716 Thank you for replying. I understand they are different systems but I thought he, marklinofsweden, Said you can swap out the decoders for the different systems. It looked like a 21 pin decoder he removed.
Hi! As long as the decoders confirm to the 21-pole NEM660 or NMRA standard, they should be possible to just swapping. But! There are differences in some cases, so please check with manual before swapping.
I use ad blockers.
what automated system is that?
Hello, why do you use 25v condenser and not 16v?
Because digital system current rectified to DC is about 21VDC (AC times square root of two) = A 16V capasitor will explode after some time in use.
I don´t understand why Märklin cannot do this too by add power pack in the digital locomotives? Märklin locomotives do sometimes interrupt somewhere on the track due to the oxidation.
True.. It’s really a cheap and easy addition to equip at factory.. Beats me too! 🤔
Look at 14:13: der Lok-Tender-Abstand ist zu groß 😮
You must go to Poland with Your railway model. To Warsaw to Stacja Muzeum in Ochota
I have a problem with the steam for my BR 24. It does not make any steam. do you know how to fix it
#Powerpacking #Märklin
3:55 what programmer are you using?
I installed the Ad blocker
Hallo MOS. Hvad skal jeg bruge til at digitalisere mine gamle M skinner og er det AC der skal være i skinnerne. Håber du kan læse hvad jeg mener. Hvhrdan bliver jeg suporter af din side. Mvh John
You should put an ad on the end of each video and at the beginning, it won't bother anyone but it could be a little money for you
Thats a thought I have a long time: These capacitors, why the makers of toy/model trains do not use them since decades? There is so often a little bump or contact loss in your rails, yes even if you make the nicest layout, such things can happen...Or if you just built some rails on a carpet (Yes I know I am a bungler, I know. Thx). On gauge 1 it seems you have this capacitors since decades for 5-10 seconds going on. But HO there are none and capacitators are no new invention in 2020, so why these are no standard to a locomotive since decades ??
Okay who am I? I am a bungler, with the old analogue on the carpet, and give throttle when there is a switch on the rails system, like a tram car did in old times...
It‘s pretty much standard in 2-rail dcc