I’m in the process of setting up my Train Engineer. I got the track frequency set fine but .I’m stalled at the Channl; Selector. It says to press the C-L or c-R button. I know I;m legally blind but I don’t find the button! At the bottom I have ON-OFF, ALL STOP AND FRQ buttons. I also haven’t found it on the transmitter
NO WONDER I ALWAYS HAD BATTERY!
Doug,
at the top of the transmitter front face, under the ten selectable channels display, is there not a left hand and right hand button to page up and down the channel numbers? It is a couple of yeaqrs since I used mine and am relying on memory.
Your memory is good, the buttons are there! So that’s what I’m looking for? The controller is outside.
Yup, that’s what you’re looking for. The idea is not to accidentally bump them while you’re running. I work the fast/slow/direction buttons with the tip of my thumb, otherwise, it’s easy to accidentally change the channel.
<NO WONDER I ALWAYS HAD BATTERY! >
And why the relapse, Doug? 
I was the only one in the train club that had battery so I figured if we were going to do operations I had to ADD track power. Also, we have a new club layout and since that’s track power I could use some unconverted engines. Now if I can just get over the Train Engineer bumps. The controller didn’t work this morning! I’m hoping it’s a short in the last block I added.
It is a short in that section or the transformer just cant handle it I took the section off0line and the Train Engineer was fine.
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I guess I’ll start shopping for a bigger transformer. When the temperature started to climb today the amperage in the transformer made a noticeable drop which didn’t surprise me. Even installing a fan for the transformer and Train Engineer won’t be enough.
I guess it’s beans next month!
I know a guy who directed some small 110V fans at his TE and power supply. It works far better than the little snap on one Aristo sells.
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Had a little trouble with my first computer. Dad (a EE) looked at it, and set an old oscillating fan to blow behind it where the intake cooling fan was. Never had trouble again. Amazing what an old fan can do.
We have a fan beside the Mac and I usually turn it on in June and shut it off in October. I’ll treat the power supply and Train Engineer the same.
As an example of forced air cooling, the generator on a Boeing 747 engine (P&W JT9/Rolls Royce RB-211) is rated at 60kva. It is geardriven from the main gearbox. The same generator, when mounted on the auxilliary power unit and forced air cooled, is rated at 90kva. Air cooling added 50% output to the basic generator.
That’s incredible. My new power supply and Train Engineer will get a nice fan.
Go Tim Taylor style!
Use a leaf blower.
Arrh! Arrh! Arrh!
Would think cooling air would be easy to find on an airplane.
I have enough room here for a prop job. But it would probably blow the power supply to the next county!
And it would be hard to hide it on the layout!