a good tip if its useful to anybody. I run my LGB locos on Black and Decker 14.4v batteries (mainly because i want them to run slowly). the charger packed up recently so i searched the 'net and found it was possible to recharge them using a 12 v car battery charger. Being a bit nervous about electrics anyway I connected it up and gave it a blast for 5 seconds...no problem, so i left it on for 2 minutes. I literally saw the charge rate drop before my eyes and 2 mins later had a fully charged battery! This was 5 hours ago and the battery is still showing a 12v charge. I am now charging an old 28v B and D battery and monitering the charge. My thinking is that when it shows a charge of 12v thats enough to run the locos. So anybody got any old cordless tool batteries?
Mikey