Scalextric Digital (and compatible) Chipping Database

[Nor Cal Mike]

It will have to wait until I get home. I am out of town for the weekend and am using my IPad to write. I struggle to do anything wit this dang thing. Even writing this post is an effort.

[MrFlippant]

No worries. Any time. :)

[Nor Cal Mike]

I am home for a few days before I head out again to go to Chicago to visit my daughter. I have started the search for the outfit I bought the ferrite beads from. In the process, I came upon this great article from SFI describing how to build a ferrite man.
http://www.slotforum.com/forums/index.p ... opic=69733

A thread I found on the Scalextric forum lists the 103 as the capacitor to use. I am successfully using 104's as well.

Here is a double barrel ferrite bead from ebay.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/50pcs-Ferrite-C ... Swvg9XZrA5 they are 5mm x 2mm x 2.9mm.

I think these should work. Even if they are larger than the Scalextric bead, you are buying it to use on the motor end of the chip where more space is generally available. At the price of $1.50 for 50 pcs. and only $3.00 shipping from China, I think it is worth the gamble. In fact, I just ordered some.

It has been awhile since I researched these parts. I will have to regroup. I will poke around a little bit more to see where I got the other ones that I have.

[MrFlippant]

Good deal on those. I bought a pack as well. Just need to pick up a bunch of 103 or 104 caps to go with them, and I'll have all the ferrite men I'll ever need. :)

[Nor Cal Mike]

Being a long time analog racer, the first thing I did when I started tuning a car was to strip all of the electronic bits. All went into the trash of course many were 104's. But capacitors are cheap. All you have to look out for is to find the ones with long enough legs.

[Nor Cal Mike]

[MrFlippant]

I bought the same ones, and they're about half the size of Scalextric ones in every dimension, almost. They are able to be installed on a capacitor, though. I'll have to find out if their diminutive size will have a detrimental effect on their intended purpose, but at that price, doubling them up shouldn't be a big deal, either.