Hi, anyone converted a LGB 2020 STAINZ STEAM to battery RC

[collectors]

Hi, anyone converted a LGB 2020 STAINZ STEAM to battery RC. wasn't sure on available space. Thanks
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[PhilP]

Yes, you can get 3 lithium-ion 14500,as a triangle, in the boiler-space..
If you are creative, you can keep a section of the large weight, and pack extra lead into places, to get the weight back to near the same..

PhilP

 

[JimmyB]

I have converted a 20212, details on my blog:

LGB Stainz Battery Conversion

The End Result Having never ventured in to ...

tumble-down-falls.blogspot.com

I also believe that ge_rik did a conversion link below:

How I converted an LGB Stainz loco to battery power - Version 2

Narrow gauge large scale model garden railway. Battery powered, radio controlled locomotives, some Bluetooth. Set in Cheshire UK in 1930s

riksrailway.blogspot.com

 

[collectors]

I have converted a 20212, details on my blog:

LGB Stainz Battery Conversion

The End Result Having never ventured in to ...

tumble-down-falls.blogspot.com

I also believe that ge_rik did a conversion link below:

How I converted an LGB Stainz loco to battery power - Version 2

Narrow gauge large scale model garden railway. Battery powered, radio controlled locomotives, some Bluetooth. Set in Cheshire UK in 1930s

riksrailway.blogspot.com

Thanks, its not an easy one. But no fun if it was.

 

[ge_rik]

Or, you can put everything in a trail car and connect with a two pin JST plug

How I converted an LGB Stainz loco to battery power with a trail car

Narrow gauge large scale model garden railway. Battery powered, radio controlled locomotives, some Bluetooth. Set in Cheshire UK in 1930s

riksrailway.blogspot.com

Rik

 

[PhilP]

To 'sort-of' tie-in, with other threads that have been active recently:
This works fine..

A DCC loco, fed through the auxiliary socket, from a PWM radio control battery system..
Admittedly, not quite the same as a direct-feed to the track connections, probably. - I have not traced the circuit, to see just where the socket connects.

PhilP.

 

[collectors]

Or, you can put everything in a trail car and connect with a two pin JST plug

How I converted an LGB Stainz loco to battery power with a trail car

Narrow gauge large scale model garden railway. Battery powered, radio controlled locomotives, some Bluetooth. Set in Cheshire UK in 1930s

riksrailway.blogspot.com

Rik

I think your right & i am looking around for a coal tender. It looks a little tight fitting in the train & i can increase the amperage using a coal tender. Might have to be a 4 wire connector for lights.

 

[PhilP]

I think your right & i am looking around for a coal tender. It looks a little tight fitting in the train & i can increase the amperage using a coal tender. Might have to be a 4 wire connector for lights.

It might be easier, to use the existing connector, plus 'something different' for the other pair of wires?

These latch positively, but are relatively easy to undo, if both pins wired in black, then they would almost disappear.

PhilP

 

[playmofire]

I think your right & i am looking around for a coal tender. It looks a little tight fitting in the train & i can increase the amperage using a coal tender. Might have to be a 4 wire connector for lights.

PM sent, Chris.

 

[tac foley]

I think your right & i am looking around for a coal tender. It looks a little tight fitting in the train & i can increase the amperage using a coal tender. Might have to be a 4 wire connector for lights.

The Stainz tender usually has a motor in it.......