Re: C&S #30, a C-16 conversion

Posted by John Greenly on Jan 26, 2020; 12:46am
URL: http://c-sng-discussion-forum.254.s1.nabble.com/C-S-30-a-C-16-conversion-tp15055p15155.html

Steve,

yup, that's the one I'm using.  I was lucky to run across several on Ebay a few years ago for under $30 apiece from some liquidating business.  I wondered then what sort of a business this was--  I guess it probably was a tattoo equipment supplier.  Now I know I did the world a favor by taking them out of that market!!

These are expensive, but what a wonderful motor, significantly better at super-low speeds than the very good skew-wound motors that NWSL carries.   This is the closest I've ever seen to the "ideal" DC motor-  absolutely smooth rotation with no cogging whatsoever, exceptionally low starting voltage and current so speed is essentially linear with voltage, and current almost proportional to load.   Full torque right from zero speed on up.  A disclaimer here: I should say that I don't have DCC in my locos yet, just plain old DC, so can't judge how these would be in DCC operation.  Maybe someone with experience could comment?  I'd be interested.

John