I just posted a 5th YouTube video featuring LocoFi in a Dead Rail/battery powered operation.
The New Video is Titled:
Making and Using a Portable Dead Rail Demonstration HO Layout - Part 5
The video is a tutorial that describes how to determine how long to safely discharge a rechargeable Lithium-ion battery, so that it is not ruined, when a low voltage cutoff circuit is NOT used. The process is described, and the two previously converted to Dead Rail operation locomotives are compared and used to provide examples.
My Webpage titled “A Journey Into HO Scale Model Railroading in the
21st Century” is where I’ve posted a lot more information on my foam board constructed, portable, Dead Rail demonstration layout. It also has information on the conversion of two Walthers' EMD GP15-1s for Dead Rail operation using LocoFi and lots of other useful information and concepts.
It was fun to put the two Dead Rail Converted LocoFi™ controlled locomotives on the layout and do some prototypical operations. The low speed capability of the LocoFi™ decoder is amazing.
Ken Myers
>...I use mostly LiFePO4 26650 and 18650 sizes.....I use them as they are very safe, don’t care what state you leave them in and last for over a decade worth of recharges the way I use them....
Very good information.
>For HO model railroading it is unfortunate that the smallest physical size is the 18650.
Ah! I see.
>The Specs are here: https://lithiumwerks.com/products/lithium-ion-26650-cells/
This looks like a very cool cell. This can easily fit inside an O scale or larger scales. Heck, 18650 may even fit many HO (possibly with milling)
>...using 3 10440 cells is that it is averaging 0.56A for the 30 minute prototypical...
Sounds about right.
>the 10440 Efest IMR10440 V1 350mAh High Discharge Flat Top with a “Max. Continuous Discharging Current: 3A”
Cool.
Thank you for sharing this extremely useful information. It is highly appreciated.
Best regards,
Peeyush Garg