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Reply to "Innards of a VL depleting Coal Load Tender"

Originally Posted by sinclair:

Couple questions, how think is the coal load membrane, and is there a limit switch in there so when it knows the coal is all the way down/up or is it going off of torque of the motor?

It is about 2.4 mm thick? just a guess...

 

There are micro switches at the limits of travel

 

Originally Posted by laz1957:

Nice overview.  I was wondering too if there is a shut off switch to stop the depletion of the coal load?

 

Yes, there is an on/off switch in the tender for this feature

 

Originally Posted by trainnut56:

 

Very interesting photos and information.  Not to be a wet blanket but won't this void the warrenty (spelling) , I hope not.  Jim R.

Warranty

 

I am doing Lionel a favor by showing people how nice their VL BB is so they will buy more of them....I think they will take that into consideration before they cancel my $2000, 3year loco warranty....LOL......

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