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Reply to "Replacing Batteries with BCRs in MTH PS1 and PS2 Locomotives"

@GGG posted:

So you intelligent gentleman are equating a battery with a loaded gun.....wow.  So are the harbor freight batteries known to be bad, or is everyone just jumping on the BCR band wagon now?   How long ago was there a concern that BCR might harm the charge circuit and ruin a board?

6 batteries at $5 is about 6 x 5 years of service or 30 years.   1 BCR is $30 and X years?  Will those capacitors last 30 years?  Maybe the gentleman figures he only has 20 years left running trains.

It is economics and easy of maintenance otherwise 6 or a half dozen.  G

Well there is the extra hassle of replacing the battery periodically which is not always easy.  

The BCR is a capacitor.  Measure the capacitance.  A 24 to 30v capacitor is probably $3 maybe even $1 depending on the capacitance.  Solder the cap in making sure the terminal are insulated and you have saved yourself some real cash.

Has everyone forgotten high school electronics?

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