Current Keeper for Shay

[Hunt]

Does any one know the value of the keep alive capacitor?..............Peter

Pete ask TCS but per my tech notes their KA1 at one time (may still do)  used 6 X 220,000 uf super capacitors at 2.5 volts each, wired in series.

BTW Peter, I pointed you to TCS because Keep Alive is their product.
Current Keeper is a SoundTraxx  product.

[2foot6]

Thank you for the info Hunt,will  do some further investigation on supply and pricing.....Peter

[2foot6]

Thank you Hunt ,the other info very helpful........Peter.

[RRPETE]

Thanks to all. Much appreciated. After looking at the photo, I realize that my decoder actually precedes the B2TS series. I do have the B2TS in one of my Shays. It has the plug-in pins per your picture, that plug into the Bachmann board. The decoder in my older shay is a TCS 312D48, REV AR2. It is hard-wired - no pins to plug in to the Bachmann board. Any help with that would really be appreciated.  Thanks.

Also, I have some 1 farad, 5.5 v capacitors, if that would be an easier solution?

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http://www.members.optusnet.com.au/mainnorth/alive.htm

The above link should go to Marcus Ammann's Stay Alive page.  It has lots of info on adding stay alive capacitors to a variety of decoders.

Reg Barron

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https://sites.google.com/site/markgurries/home/decoders/keep-alive-compatibility

The above is another excellent site for stay alive cap info.  This one be Mark Gurries.

Reg Barron