Thanks everyone for the fast response. I just ran two of my dc loco's on the track and they ran pretty good but well. . . in response to this quote.
I remember hearing somewhere that "all electric motors run a white smoke, when you see it come out the engine no longer works." so that sucks, it was a brand new Amtrak DC loco.
Other than that, the dcc loco's are both pretty awesome and i hope i'm understanding this right... SO... It would be ok to run my light cars on the track, they may become damaged after prolonged use and this will not damage my brand new DCC controller???
Last question, people are talking about low cost decoders, what would be a good example of one for converting one of my locos? and what would be an example for one that would be good for lighting?
_Thanks once again for the awesome support.
Quote from: Jim Banner on October 08, 2010, 10:42:16 AMI placed the third Dc loco on the track and well, manually moved the power forward and the train went about a foot, stopped, and gave a huge puff of white smoke.
... The usual wisdom is that you can run a dc locomotive on DCC but do not park it on a DCC track for more than about 10 minutes. Having said all that, I know of no authenticated case of an unmodified dc locomotive actually being damaged by DCC.
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Jim
I remember hearing somewhere that "all electric motors run a white smoke, when you see it come out the engine no longer works." so that sucks, it was a brand new Amtrak DC loco.Other than that, the dcc loco's are both pretty awesome and i hope i'm understanding this right... SO... It would be ok to run my light cars on the track, they may become damaged after prolonged use and this will not damage my brand new DCC controller???
Last question, people are talking about low cost decoders, what would be a good example of one for converting one of my locos? and what would be an example for one that would be good for lighting?
_Thanks once again for the awesome support.