[PRCo] Re: PCC Control

[Fred Schneider]

MY ENGLISH IS ATROCIOUS!   I'VE CORRECTED THE ITEM BELOW.

On May 15, 2007, at 12:22 PM, Fred Schneider wrote:

> Boris:
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> You bees the expert on this ...
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> When I was running 1711 this weekend, I was bothered by an inability
> to  put my foot on the brake pedal lightly enough at almost
> any speed to keep the dynamic brakes from coming on with a real
> jolt.    It was especially rough at low speeds.   I know it isn't a
> characteristic of all PCCs because I've never had the problem with
> Baltimore Transit 7407; that car is much smoother.   Herb Brannon
> commented that some PAT cars were that way and some were not, so it
> must be either an adjustment or set up issue with the master
> controller or a failure.   Are field shunts supposed to come in very
> briefly in braking to cushion the initial application and then drop  
> out?
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> Fred
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