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It appears practically everything I need to know about the Sierra is in the user manual that Soundtraxx very kindly sent me.
I have however still one dilemma, which battery to choose: Stay with the 9v nimh battery allready installed very professionally by the previous loco owner on the Soundtraxx Sierra sound Sistem and modify the shuff start with programing to compensate for the high voltage . (The easy choice). To buy the Power Sonic PS-605 Battery Soundtrax recommends as a replacement (The safe choice). Or to install 5 x 1,2 volts nimh batteries hooked up to produce the required 6v. (The best choice?)
I remember reading that Soundtraxx do not recommend the use of nimh batteries on their products. I would like to know why. Contradictory to this Soundtraxx recommendation is the view expressed in the last part "Sierra Battery Issues" of this very interesting article http://www.trainweb.org/girr/tips/tips6/sierra_tips.html Here the author points out that the batteries Soundtraxx uses die completely if not used very often. A great inconvenience considering that trains are a hobby and most people do not or can not practice their hobby constantly. The author argues that nimh batteries apart from being very inexpensive recuperate easily from long periods of being without charge and that they work perfectly with the Sierra .
I would very much like you experts to comment on this.
Thank you again for your patience and advice.
I have however still one dilemma, which battery to choose: Stay with the 9v nimh battery allready installed very professionally by the previous loco owner on the Soundtraxx Sierra sound Sistem and modify the shuff start with programing to compensate for the high voltage . (The easy choice). To buy the Power Sonic PS-605 Battery Soundtrax recommends as a replacement (The safe choice). Or to install 5 x 1,2 volts nimh batteries hooked up to produce the required 6v. (The best choice?)
I remember reading that Soundtraxx do not recommend the use of nimh batteries on their products. I would like to know why. Contradictory to this Soundtraxx recommendation is the view expressed in the last part "Sierra Battery Issues" of this very interesting article http://www.trainweb.org/girr/tips/tips6/sierra_tips.html Here the author points out that the batteries Soundtraxx uses die completely if not used very often. A great inconvenience considering that trains are a hobby and most people do not or can not practice their hobby constantly. The author argues that nimh batteries apart from being very inexpensive recuperate easily from long periods of being without charge and that they work perfectly with the Sierra .
I would very much like you experts to comment on this.
Thank you again for your patience and advice.