Jupiter 1707822591 Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 2022 POW new steam generator Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
96RAF Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 Having just seen the 2022 range release on RM Web forum I guess you mean the model has a steam generator fitted as seen on the TV series. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColinB Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 It will be interesting to see when it gets delivered. We know when it is supposed to be, but who knows. There are three of them with steam generators. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiddles 47 Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 The POW announced today is an addition to the model already in development. I thought the same thing that its a steam gernerator added on the 1 announced last year but looking through the categories that is still as promised, and the new 1 has “SS” on the end of the catalogue number. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
96RAF Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 SS = steam and sound. The former not available without the latter due to need for chuff synch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColinB Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 An interesting point was I was lead to believe that to make it work you needed DCC, but it appears they are supplied without DCC as there is a reference to buying the TTS decoder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulleidboy Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 An interesting point was I was lead to believe that to make it work you needed DCC, but it appears they are supplied without DCC as there is a reference to buying the TTS decoder. It's just a DCC Ready loco - also with flickering fire box and running lights. I assume then these will work straight out of the box together with the "steam" - for sound you add the TTS decoder or whatever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkRedCape Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 Is much known about the actual steam generator itself? Is it something new, or the messy, sticky, body melting products I’ve heard so much about? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrissaf Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 It was featured in the Hornby TV series on the Yesterday channel, I cannot tell you which episode, but they can be Internet streamed free on UK TV catch up.It is based upon some form of electrically powered system that uses real water, so no messy oil residues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColinB Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 No, its not, 96RAF knows more, I think its a condensing system similar to those cigarette substitutes, but I don't really know. Jenny Kirk has a video on YouTube showing it working but no real detail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
96RAF Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 Definitely not brown gunge - the steam is indeed water based - you saw the engineer topping it up on the TV. It uses an ultrasonic vaporiser disc akin to those you get in water features that produce mist effects.It has to have sound as the chuffs are generated from the sound decoder. Simon did mention the new Hornby sound decoder, which is 21-pin confirmed by looking at the product page and the loco boxes and he also spoke about speaker capsules by which I take it he meant enclosures for the improved speakers also seen on the TV program. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveM6 Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 Pricing of locos with the SS capabilities will be interesting - the units can be bought on eBay for under £5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkRedCape Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 96RAF - my mum has one of those diffusers that uses a water reservoir to shoot vapour up about 20cm. Has about a 300ml water tank. I had to open it up to clean it and the actual ultrasonic unit is very small indeed.I’ve been surprised that the residue leaves no trace on the surface it’s on, even when used with essential oils. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColinB Posted January 11, 2022 Share Posted January 11, 2022 The more I think about these the more I find have unanswered questions. Now according to the data these will work on DC but I assume to get the best out of them you need DCC. So that bit not much of an issue. So to control it you move the DCC controller to the loco, this is where the issues start. I assume the firebox flicker is driven by a function rather than as it is in the Princess just leds driven by a bridge rectifier on the raw DCC. So to control the steam generator you need a extra function. You could use the flying lead on an 8 pin, TTS decoders don't have this, so you go to a 21 pin as it has room for more "hardwired" functions. That is where my next concern comes, most loco bodies are not wide enough to fit a 21 pin socket in, some have difficulty even with the 8 pin. Dapol and Bachmann have gone to newer technologies to get the DCC decoder in the loco, so I wonder how Hornby will do it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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