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I purchased some inexpensive Chinese Li-ion cells on Ebay to make up battery packs. They have protection PCBs installed. They worked quite well and are still going strong. I also purchased a 14.8v 5000ma Li-ion pack from a reputable US seller. It failed after what I consider a short time. I found two defective cells after inspection. Batteries can be very difficult to deal with. Sometimes you have to pay your money and hope for the best. I think a good quality charger will go a long way to keeping batteries healthy. Tom

Ray If he has 3 5200ma batteries in series, they will still have 5200ma capacity. Putting them is series will not reduce the 5200 ma capacity. The voltage will be increased, but the ma capacity will not change. Tom Here is an example of batteries in series: Series Connection Portable equipment needing higher voltages use battery packs with two or more cells connected in series. Figure 2 shows a battery pack with four 3.6V Li-ion cells in series, also known as 4S, to produce 14.4V nominal. In comparison, a six-cell lead acid string with 2V/cell will generate 12V, and four alkaline with 1.5V/cell will give 6V. Figure 2: Series connection of four cells (4s). Adding cells in a string increases the voltage; the capacity remains the same. Courtesy of Cadex Tom

Bob I am very impressed! Keep up the great work. Tom

Choochoowilly That is really neat! Keep up the good work. Tom

Bob That is a very good idea. I am getting ready to do a couple hundred feet of track. I will give it a try. Tom

Yardtrain That looks like a pretty good fit to me. Tom

They have been trying to sell the business for several years. Tom

I have always had good service from RLD Hobbies. Tom

Very nice job! Tom

Very nice looking train! Tom

Gator What do you do in your spare time? Tom

Gator Very nice looking building. Workmanship looks to be first class. Tom

Bob This is looking GREAT! You will be running trains in no time. Tom

Bob In the very beginning of the video, it is spelled Chili! Tom

This looks fantastic! I can't wait to see some trains running. Tom

I got it. Thanks again! Tom

Dan? He works for Trainli? I guess he forgot to mention that. I don't know why unless he didn't want to get beat up for Trainli selling this bender without any instructions or paperwork of any kind. They have been supplying this bender for quite awhile. It seems like they have had more than enough time to come up with something. I received a lot of suggestions from several people on another forum. Most of them have been using it and surviving on a wing and a prayer. Maybe I was able to buy mine because the seller was unable to use it without some instructions. I still have not had a reply from Trainli at the email address I sent my request for help to. I would want my customers to be completely satisfied with my product and provide any assistance I could. Too many companies don't realize how far a little help can go. Ray does everything and anything he can to help his customers. Tom

I purchased a used Trainli Rail Bender, It didn't come with the wrenches or instructions. Did anyone with a Trainli Rail Bender ever see instructions on how to use it? I have had some suggestions on the use of it on another forum. Nobody has seen instructions. I sent a message to Trainli, but I have not seen a reply. I guess I will have to wing it and give it a try. Tom

Do MTH locomotives have something in them that keeps track or running time? Tom

Have you looked at TCS WOW decoders? Too many good things to list. Tom

jaug Like I said "F scale is 1:20.3". You have already told me everything I knew about F scale. I don't need to find out more. Thanks Tom

F scale is 1:20.3. Tom

Tanks? Does this look familiar? Tom

Screwy Nick Canned air was in reference to the can of air you have to buy to make the Preval sprayer work. I think that there are some inexpensive electric paint sprayers out there that would be suitable for latex paint (house paint?) for larger projects. It would be reusable for many projects without added expense of buying cans of air. In all fairness, some people do not want to mess around with even a small air compressor. Tom

Preval has been around a long time. Years ago I used a similar sprayer from Badger. Canned air gets expensive if you do any amount of spaying. I was spraying model airplanes. I finally bought an inexpensive air compressor and air brush for less than $100. I am sure glad I did. You can do nice painting and weathering with an air brush. Tom