davenport and batteries?

[eric from Phippsburg]

I just got a davenport for my son...he and I both love it.

I run battery power outside...I am about to work on setting up the loco for battery power.

any hints or suggestions?

[calenelson]

Yes!

http://slatecreekrailway.blogspot.com/



Sorry, I just had to toss that photo in 

Matt did a great job on his conversion and is well pleased with the results.

cale

[altterrain]

Kevin reviewed it here - http://www.trains.com/grw/default.aspx?c=a&id=1161
You'll need strip out the existing board and use a small pack like this one -
http://www.all-battery.com/li-ion1865074v2600mahbatterypcbmodulewith22awgbareleadsandhitecconnector.aspx
I get better than 5 hours of run time from the 11.1v 2.2Ah versions of these.
I use the trailer car option with simple (non RC) control-





-Brian

[eric from Phippsburg]

I opened the hood and pulled out plugs to see what happens:

The red and white wired plug in fornt of the engineer's seat goes to themotor.

the brown and white wired plug goes to the wheels...power pickup from the track...I inserted a double pole switch there that will switch form track to battery power.  two leads will run to a connector on the rear buffer for connecting to a battery car with controls.

not bad at all...

[Loco Bill]

Nice work Brian!!