Checked the set earlier today and all the chargers indicated full charge so I switched the lights on from the BFK panel and all six vehicles put their lights on. So I then switched them off, BFK and the two MKII TSOs switched off but the Bar Car and the two TSOs in front of it remained on. A quick check of the RCH jumpers between the BFK and Bar Car revealed that only one side was connected! Reconnected it and checked the lights again and they switch on and off from the BFK.mike-smashing wrote:Couple of suggestions to make regarding the issue of the lights on the air brake set now it's hopefully been on charge for a day or two...
1) Can someone suitable down at Bury go and check the current lighting situation on the air brake set and report back?
2) Given the "shared fate" of the charging on BFK and 1871 (Howson Bar), how does the lighting control on the BFK and the two Mk2A TSOs behave if 1871 is electrically disconnected (i.e. the RCH jumpers disconnected, and the charging leads disconnected from 1871's ELPs) from the BFK? Does it work normally, or are the lights in the BFK still flickering and then killing the lights on the rest of the set? That would at least eliminate whether it's a fault on the BFK's lighting control, or on 1871.
3) Given that 1871 has it's own MA set, and ISTR doesn't have a lighting dynamo, next time it's run with an ETH servicable locomotive (e.g. 50015, this weekend's scheduled diesel, assuming that is ETH operable?), hook up the ETH - assuming there's no other reason why not. This should run 1871's MA to provide lighting and battery charging?
Thoughts? It would be good to nail this.
Cheers,
Mike
The MA set under 1871 is U/S and disconected. There is a plan to get it repaired but as ever cost will probably be an issue.