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140158 Doug Stuard
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Apr 1, 2009
8:41 am
Not sure about G scale, but decoders for smaller scales are rated for total current. An N scale decoder with 6 functions rated at 500 ma does NOT mean that 3...
140159 Jim Albanowski
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Apr 1, 2009
9:03 am
Allen: As Doug pointed out there are two limits on the accessory output. current for each single connection and the total. Typical decoders rate each output...
140160 Tom Lynch
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Apr 1, 2009
10:44 am
Looking for any ideas the list might have to help me with programing decoders. I recently installed a DZ125IN in a MiniTrix V60 (German engine). This is a...
140161 Paul Hamilton
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Apr 1, 2009
10:50 am
Mike, Thanks for taking the time to answer. I think the intent has been lost in the translation somewhat. I have the PR3 and can it do EVERYTHING the...
140162 Martin Myers
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Apr 1, 2009
10:58 am
Must have been asleep when I typed that last response :-( You can connect the function wires but it won't double the current available. Decoder function...
140163 svetho@...
alcocentryfan Offline Send Email
Apr 1, 2009
11:24 am
Hi I have experienced this with my set up (lens set 01/LH100/decoderpro), check so thet the decoder has good contact, this will mostly be enough. But,...
140164 Stuart Brorson
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Apr 1, 2009
11:33 am
Hi -- I recently took my DCS100 to a large modular set-up. Upon returning home, I discovered that somebody had inadvertently taken the plug-in screw terminal...
140165 Nigel Cliffe
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Apr 1, 2009
11:37 am
My friend who designs decoders has told me that you can join outputs, and this does double the current, but, as Jim states below, subject to the total output...
140166 Adrian Hoad
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Apr 1, 2009
11:49 am
G'day all I am currently working on a HO railcar that uses a 4 volt coreless motor with a current draw of 700mA which I want to control with DCC ( of course )....
140167 Mike Gleaton
southernmike2 Offline Send Email
Apr 1, 2009
12:05 pm
Stuart, We have them:http://www.charlestondigitaltrains.com/thumbnail.asp?offset=0&deep=2&cid=14 Mike Gleaton Charleston Digital Trains LLC...
140168 Gunter
cmr_1967 Offline Send Email
Apr 1, 2009
1:04 pm
Hi. In my Big Boy I added a second decoder and connected the motor output to the smoke unit. So the smoke unit increases with the speed of the engine. The...
140169 Jim Albanowski
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Apr 1, 2009
1:22 pm
Adrian: I don't think it's going to easy or even perhaps possible. Let's see what options are open, but first a little DCC... Motors are controlled through a...
140170 Martin Myers
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Apr 1, 2009
2:10 pm
Tom, If you are programming on the programming track, make sure you are in Page mode (Pg) or direct mode (Pd). I've made the mistake a few times after using...
140171 g_schreyer Offline Send Email Apr 1, 2009
2:16 pm
I don't know about the LokProgrammer, but the Phoenix USB programmer with their windows software does work under Parallels. - gws...
140172 PHIL EUPER
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Apr 1, 2009
2:27 pm
Get the old motor dimensions.....chuck the old motor......re-motor the loco with a can motor/drive train from NWSL with closest dimensions as old ...
140173 railfan22@...
railfan22 Offline Send Email
Apr 1, 2009
2:32 pm
Along the same line of inquiry has anyone put a sound decoder in one of the new Atlas HH660's. Mine just arrived and would love to have sound in it. Thanks...
140174 Craig Williams
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Apr 1, 2009
2:44 pm
i for one really appreciate the requests and replies for information about what decoder and sound products work in what locomotives. Why should we all...
140175 snarlman@...
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Apr 1, 2009
3:13 pm
In a message dated 4/1/2009 10:32:52 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, railfan22@... writes: Along the same line of inquiry has anyone put a sound decoder in...
140176 Jon Miller
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Apr 1, 2009
3:16 pm
... This seems extremely high for a coreless motor. Usually they are around 50/100mA or less. ... This is correct. ... I've never heard of one. You might be...
140177 Kevin Davis
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Apr 1, 2009
3:28 pm
Hello, Check out Ulrichmodels, Southerndigital, Tony's trains(all online).  They have what you are looking for. KGD ... From: Stuart Brorson <sdb@...> ...
140178 rg
richg_1998 Offline Send Email
Apr 1, 2009
3:30 pm
Here are typical oscilloscope waveforms as applied to a motor at step one on the controller. A multimeter reads 2 volts DC. ...
140179 snarlman@...
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Apr 1, 2009
3:31 pm
Chris, Thanks for the reply. It sounds like just what I am looking for. What was the final draw of the motor current of your loco? Mine is about .9 amps....
140180 Nigel Cliffe
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Apr 1, 2009
3:47 pm
... Agree about the current consumption, I'd panic if mine reached 50mA! I model small prototypes in 2mm scale (HO=3.5mm) and use high quality Swiss coreless...
140181 william rupert
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Apr 1, 2009
8:27 pm
Dear Group: A very good friend of mine (who is now deceased) by the name of John Tesch and who was employed as a design engineer for Simpson Electric in Elgin,...
140182 Jon Miller
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Apr 1, 2009
9:06 pm
While based on just a SWAG this might be a test for the four volt motor. Vibration motors such as used in cell phone and those things you get at restaurants...
140183 Christopher A. Zurek
caz826 Offline Send Email
Apr 2, 2009
12:08 am
I'll see what I can do about pictures and information. It won't be until the weekend or next week, I work 12 hour nights and don't have much time for anything...
140184 Digitrax@yahoogroups.... Send Email Apr 2, 2009
1:16 am
Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the Digitrax group. File : /reverse loop...
140185 Steve Ward
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Apr 2, 2009
1:24 am
I have posted in the file section a file showing my reverse loop and how it is set up. The file is named reverse loop problem.jpg (Not the GIF file) The...
140186 Christopher Stilson
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Apr 2, 2009
1:47 am
You would want to insulate on the diverging route of the interchange switch and at the diverging route of the switch at point A. Chris Lancaster, CA ...
140187 Doug Stuard
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Apr 2, 2009
1:50 am
Move the A gaps to the point you are considering. You might also move the B gaps closer to the turnout to make the reversing section longer. Doug Stuard...
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