Kadee magnetic uncoupling
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Using neodymium magnets between the sleepers
Kevin. no doubt Perry will respond in due course but I use code 75 and my 3 rows of magnets replace sleepers and are level with the other sleepers.And you must make sure the uncoupling pin/tang/hook clears the little foot plate on the height gauge
and as per https://kadee.com/html/205_206ins.pdf
Ron
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Staying on the thread Kevin.
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Magnets and, worse, electromagnets have always seemed to me to be more trouble than they're worth.
Most, if not all, coupling systems in the real world require some sort of manual intervention to uncouple.
John
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Too hard with computer control.
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All of these fixed magnets mean uncoupling at defined locations, not always what you want to do. Most operations layouts that I've seen use the Rix uncouplers. Last one I played trains on had at least 4 in each yard.
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the magnet range is between end yellow sleepers & the LED lights up for the operator convenience.
3mm Cube rare earth magnets elsewhere
the magnets are the yellow sleepers - middle row of 3 sleepers
and the operating crew also use skewers
Ron
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that single van in the middle at the back is 32"/ 80 cm away from the layout edge; not easy to reach with a skewer
Ron
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https://kadee.com/htmbord/page309.htm and had to make sure my baseboard support structure was not in way of the six electromagnets
Ron
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The Rix uncoupler with forked magnets work great - easier to use than a skewer and it's a "no touch" operation. SKU: 628-0014. Easy enough to make one using 2 cheap magnet strips and some styrene strip. The Rapido electromagnets also work fine but are a pain when retrofitting.
All of these fixed magnets mean uncoupling at defined locations, not always what you want to do. Most operations layouts that I've seen use the Rix uncouplers. Last one I played trains on had at least 4 in each yard.
Nigel
I tried the Rix uncoupler wand some years ago…I found that trying to thread it between the buffers was very fiddley and problematic on UK stock. It did work very easily and well on North Ametican stock
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[user=1632]BCDR[/user] wrote:The Rix uncoupler with forked magnets work great - easier to use than a skewer and it's a "no touch" operation. SKU: 628-0014. Easy enough to make one using 2 cheap magnet strips and some styrene strip. The Rapido electromagnets also work fine but are a pain when retrofitting.
All of these fixed magnets mean uncoupling at defined locations, not always what you want to do. Most operations layouts that I've seen use the Rix uncouplers. Last one I played trains on had at least 4 in each yard.
Nigel
I tried the Rix uncoupler wand some years ago…I found that trying to thread it between the buffers was very fiddley and problematic on UK stock. It did work very easily and well on North Ametican stock
That's a bu##er. I hadn't seen one before and it looked like a nice piece of kit.
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I've put this link in the other Kadee thread as well in case anyone is interested.
http://yourmodelrailway.net/view_topic.php?id=13783&forum_id=6&jump_to=272883#p272883
Tony.
http://rapidotrains.com/on-off-remote-coupler/
"The only stupid question is the one you don't ask"
Regards.
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Regards.
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