Re: Circut break on V set Yesterday

[David Johnson <trainman@ozemail.com.au>]

sean wrote:

> i was traveling from Springwood to a lower mountains station yesterday, but
> the thing i noticed was that the last 2 cars of this train where running on
> battery power? no air con and only few lights on, i told the guard this and
> he goes the tech guys cant do anything till central....you would think that
> the guard would have locked the 2 cars till sydney....it pitty much was
> stuffy in them.

Sounds like the Motor Alternator went down.   If it was a K set, an emergency
feed could have been obtained to keep lights and A/C going.  I'm not qualified
in V sets to know what they can do about it.  The most common cause of
alternators dying is the "Kick Me" buttons.

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David Johnson
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