Am I missing it? - Do PIKO make anything similar in purpose to the LGB 17100 or 1700 track mounted reed?
I am just looking for a better alternative to the rather awful LGB 17100 which strikes me as very poorly designed and far too fragile in use.
I note that the whilst the PIKO switch drives can be operated on half wave (like the LGB EPL system), their switch control boxes actually supply them with a burst of full wave DC, which is reversed by pressing different ends of the rocker switch on the control box.
I am wondering if this is the reason that they don't seem to supply track mounted reeds, as I guess it would be really difficult to make something deliver a reliable momentary two pole output as a magnet passed over it?
The beauty of the LGB system is that only one wire is needed to carry the + or - half wave. The other wire can be permanently connected to an AC supply.
So If PIKO don't supply anything, does anyone else do anything suitable?
I am currently reduced to looking for decent quality secondhand LGB 1700s and trying to patch up the 17100s as they fail. (The reeds can be replaced, but the failed spring bases are a different matter!).
My requirements are for something durable and weatherproof that fits in with the LGB track and EPL principles. Am I asking too much?
My layout is conventional control with automated loops, timers, block signalling and other automated features, so I need a lot of reeds! (39 in use on the last count!).
James
I am just looking for a better alternative to the rather awful LGB 17100 which strikes me as very poorly designed and far too fragile in use.
I note that the whilst the PIKO switch drives can be operated on half wave (like the LGB EPL system), their switch control boxes actually supply them with a burst of full wave DC, which is reversed by pressing different ends of the rocker switch on the control box.
I am wondering if this is the reason that they don't seem to supply track mounted reeds, as I guess it would be really difficult to make something deliver a reliable momentary two pole output as a magnet passed over it?
The beauty of the LGB system is that only one wire is needed to carry the + or - half wave. The other wire can be permanently connected to an AC supply.
So If PIKO don't supply anything, does anyone else do anything suitable?
I am currently reduced to looking for decent quality secondhand LGB 1700s and trying to patch up the 17100s as they fail. (The reeds can be replaced, but the failed spring bases are a different matter!).
My requirements are for something durable and weatherproof that fits in with the LGB track and EPL principles. Am I asking too much?
My layout is conventional control with automated loops, timers, block signalling and other automated features, so I need a lot of reeds! (39 in use on the last count!).
James