Piko Clean Machine

[mike]

AAA cells are never going to get you far

When it stops,, call the AA

 

[dunnyrail]

My 25t has 12 aaa NiMh and has managed 7 hours being switched on with an MLS Sound unit on and odd running with shunting as well. Certainly the extra batteries are well worth stuffing-bin but you do need rechargeable ones and be component to pull apart and rewire it up. Of course as I have not done it not sure how the Piko RC would take to the extra Batteries, but I suspect few issues. This link shows how I did it:-

Modifying a Piko 25 Tonner to Battery Power.

Now I imagine that some on here will be wondering why he is doing that when there exists a Battery Powered one already? Well the answer is that I have no need for a Track Cleaning Loco, I want one that is controllable (the Track Cleaner to the best of my knowledge can only be made to go...

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