Dan Padova posted:Well, it was all for naught. There's no way the LCRU unit is going to fit in my GG1. I was looking at the Dallee #400, 4 AMP E-unit. It may fit.
The #400 will fit, but barely. Please see my note, above, about 4 Amps. In short, The two motors, together, draw close to 4 Amps and will heat up the E-unit. I used the #400 in one of my GG-1 MPC upgrades and would run it for about 5 to 10 minutes at a time. The reason for the brief time is because I had a small layout and it got boring running stuff for extended periods. None the less the rectifier on the #400 got hot. IIRC, I situated the #400 such that the board fit vertically between the motors and the rectifier was on top. The rectifier pressed up against the shell and acted as sort of a heat sink. Not intentional, just the way it all fit together. The shell never got hot to touch but did get very warm. The paint was never damaged. That was my experience. YMMV.
Steve
