Battery Question

I've never really been too sure about it, so, in order of best to worst, what are the batteries Plarail trains can run on? I'm wondering because I've been wanting to use a AA in Gordon, but, surprisingly, it seems to make no difference from the usual C-cell. Does the voltage have anything to do with it? Mom said the more powerful one is the C-cell, but does more powerful mean faster or more voltage, too?

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I've never really been too sure about it, so, in order of best to worst, what are the batteries Plarail trains can run on? I'm wondering because I've been wanting to use a AA in Gordon, but, surprisingly, it seems to make no difference from the usual C-cell. Does the voltage have anything to do with it? Mom said the more powerful one is the C-cell, but does more powerful mean faster or more voltage, too?

AA and C are both 1.5 volts. I believe the difference would be the battery life, meaning in theory the C would last longer. I think the key is finding a good brand though. I have had the best luck with Duracel. If you are in the US you can usually get a large back at Sam's club or Costco. Hope that helps.

More info:
http://www.allaboutbatteries.com/Energy-tables.html

AA and C are both 1.5 volts. I believe the difference would be the battery life, meaning in theory the C would last longer. I think the key is finding a good brand though. I have had the best luck with Duracel. If you are in the US you can usually get a large back at Sam's club or Costco. Hope that helps.

More info:
http://www.allaboutbatteries.com/Energy-tables.html

My family uses Duracell, and very rarely we have to buy different brands. We ran out of new Duracell AAs, so I used Kodak Max instead in the Spencer I restored today, and I think it runs a lot better than any of my other AA-trains.

[Ucwepn]

When I cleaned my layout I found a few of the cheaper brands (not duracell or energizer) had leaked battery acid to my horror. Yesterday when I filmed Trackmaster 2 royal Spencer I went to run my modified Bertie and found that an energizer max had leaked, I was even more horrified as it's not running now

Long story short: Be careful with cheaper batteries!

[Super]

Oh my. I am going to go and remove all the batteries from the trains not on the layout right now.

morale of the story: When you are not going to play with the toy, take the battery out!

[Super]

I hate Morals.....

I hate Morals.....

Dat *cough*ey smug grin.

i use whatever i can lay my hands on at the time. usually energizer lithium if they are on special anywhere. i tend to buy packs of 20+ at a time.

an AA will run a C-powered engine, but wont last as long and, if its not packed, it can move over bumps and fall out of position. [ive seen many complaints on amazon about battery compartments not being the right size for AA, always on engines that require a C.] some use a C for the weight up front. an AA simply wont hold them on the track properly

i use whatever i can lay my hands on at the time. usually energizer lithium if they are on special anywhere. i tend to buy packs of 20+ at a time.

an AA will run a C-powered engine, but wont last as long and, if its not packed, it can move over bumps and fall out of position. [ive seen many complaints on amazon about battery compartments not being the right size for AA, always on engines that require a C.] some use a C for the weight up front. an AA simply wont hold them on the track properly

I always thought AAA was more powerful than AA, and AA more than C, but that's the only reason ive used AA with engines that are supposed to use C. Also I hate to be a jerk to those people on Amazon, but most of them are parents. I thought parents were smart enough to read instructions on battery stuffs and safety. Instead of trying a C, they just assume the creators are stupid, and complain about needing to stuff a paper towel in the batteru compartment.
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