Hello,

I am putting a loksound decoder into my DCC ready Climax.
2 wires on the existing circuit board are very short and prevent the speaker and enclosure being fitted under the circuit board.
These 2 wires go to a small orange "thing" with a + and - terminal.
What does this thing do


Thanks,
Chris

 
Thanks for the advice

Chris

Hey Tom,
I am trying to figure out which Loksound decoders sound best for the 0-4-2 Porter and 2-4-4 Forney.
Any advice will help. I want to stick with Loksound if possible.

thanks,
:)Chris

Hello all,
I need to determine what decoder / speaker to attempt to install in my 0-4-2 Porter, 2-6-0 Mogul, Climax, Shay, Railtruck and Davenport. I have read various articles on most installs and understand that space is a premium in some instances.
The Climax and Shay is DCC ready. The Railtruck and Davenport is DCC onboard.

Is there a simple list out there which puts it all together and possibly also advise on minimum performance and top of the line performance ?

Such as

0-4-2   decoder   speaker
2-6-0   decoder   speaker
Climax  decoder   speaker

etc, etc

I want to try and get it right the first time and avoid the "if only I bought that one" scenario.
I figure end users may know the answer rather than retailers.

Thanks Chris

Thanks Mike

Hi Jestor,
Looked a bit further into my LENZ 100 with digital handpiece.
Davenport stops with 5 volts still going to it.
Starts at about 5 volts too.
It has 28 speed step decoder in it.
Is it possible to adjust decoder so my first click (depression of key pad) on controller gets it going ?
As is it needs 5 clicks to get movement ?

Ta Chris

Thanks Jestor, will give it a go and let you know.

Chris

Hello all,
Just connected my LENZ 100 to a loop of track to get comfortable with DCC. This is first DCC experience. Ran a Bachmann 0n30 Davenport and Forney. When stationary they give off a buzzing sound. Any ideas ?

Thanks Chris

Hello Mr B.

Have you got any details avail for the Dynamis DCC system. I am ready to purchase now and need to make up my mind which way to go.

All the best Chris

Hello Bill,
Thanks for your reply. I will move ahead with confidence now.

All the best,
Chris

Hello Bill,
Thanks for the input.
Correct me if I am wrong but I take it that when you power the frog thru the Blue point you are actually powering the switch rails, closure rails and frog with the same polarity ?
You only need to isolate the frog then if you get a short running a large loco thru the points and it shorts out by having wheels of the opposite polarity touching the switch rails, closure rails or frog ?

I've now got my blue points in hand and do not want to do more than I need to get good operation. Hence my cautious approach and lots of confirmations.

Send me an email if you lik and I will reply with a photo of the points I am using just in case there is a difference.

Thanks Chris

Thanks for the input guys.
I'll take the advice and look for other options.

Regards Chris

G'day all,
I was wondering if anyone has mixed HO wagons with On3O locos.

What I am considering is some ore wagons in the latest Micro Mark catalogue  ( 71047 DM&R ore car set ) behind a Porter ??

Any thoughts appreciated.

Regards Chris

G'day Jim,
I think I know what to do now. I got a reply on AMR forum that put 2 n 2 together.
There are two areas to consider. One is poor electrical supply and the other is shorts at the frog.
Peco have the short aspect resolved as far as I can see but the electrical contact is still a problem.
However when you fix the elctrical supply problem you cause a problem with the Peco frog set up and so have to modify that.

Electrical supply resolution.
Basically over time you can lose electrical contact between the switch rail and stock rail. To resolve this you wire in jumpers from the stock rails to the fixed part of the switch rail. You then wire another set of jumpers across the joint in the switch rail. This way you get permanent power and not have to rely on the switch rail / stock rail contact aspect for power.
This however will create a short in the frog.
To solve this problem you have to isolate the frog totally.

Peco frog resolution.
Isolate the frog by cutting thru both switch rails and both rails of each track leading off from the switch.
You now have to get power to the frog to suit the route selected.
If using Blue points they have this switch built into the unit which changes the power to the frog as you throw the switch. You basically wire your track feeder to one side of the Blue point contacts then wire from the other side of the Blue point contacts to the frog.

Some one may have a different slant on it buts thats the best I can make of it. If Peco resolved the power supply problem none of this would be necessary I guess.

Hope it helps you out.

:)Thanks Chris. 

Thanks for the reply guys , I'll go ahead with the Bluepoints.

Railtwister, I will be using Peco SL- E596 electrofrogs but am not sure about modifying them to make DCC friendly. The way the Pecos are wired appear to power the frog correctly for the selected route. I can't see that there is a possibility of a short either.
I can see that poor contact over time at the switch and stock rail may be a problem. But if I wire in jumpers to solve this I will need to isolate the frog.

What have you done to resolve this ? Isolated the frog and wired in jumpers with a power routing switch ? or left as is ?

I appreciate yours or anyone else's advice.

Thanks Chris