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| (...) talk (...) going to (...) Since you're having a nail... er, umm... *DCC* party, I thought I'd pass along a few useful tips: Before cutting the tabs that hold the bottom motor plate on, place some tape on the bottom plate so that you don't (...) (21 years ago, 11-Jul-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.trains)
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| (...) Thank you for the advice, it's definitly appreciated. I'm off to George's Trains to night to pic up the decoders, and other supplies. I'll definitly be getting one of those curved exacto blades. I'm hoping Calum, with all of his claimed (...) (21 years ago, 11-Jul-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.trains)
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| (...) I've never claimed ANY electronics experience. In fact, I regularily tell people like Mario I have ZERO experience in ANYTHING. Statements heard from me include: -Which direction to you put the resistors in? -Boy, this SQL stuff is so (...) (21 years ago, 11-Jul-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.trains)
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| (...) How it's looking for me tomorrow (saturday) I go for coffee in the morning with the buddies. Discuss hair, nails and such... Then I need a haircut so to my sister-in-law's house for that. Then I have work stuff to deal with--I'll unload the (...) (21 years ago, 12-Jul-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.trains)
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| In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, David Koudys wrote: <snip> Ooops, x-posted to trains! Who did that!! Dave K (21 years ago, 12-Jul-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| (...) Ok, so like, you've spelled it "teethered" again just to see if I noticed, right? :-O Sounds like a dog bone to me... :-) How'd the "Party" go? Mark (21 years ago, 13-Jul-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| (...) We modified three motors with DZ143 decoders. They're working fine. The pickups are bent in easily, causing sputterring. If you bend them out it makes it easier. We're also not sure if we got the light function running properly. Calum (21 years ago, 13-Jul-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| (...) makes (...) properly. Which color wires did you end up soldering to the headlight connector? Also, IIRC the default CV values for the headlight don't work very well. Here's some settings I used to setup the decoder for controlling the (...) (21 years ago, 14-Jul-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| (...) All I remember at this point is we soldered the white lead to something. :-) I need to do some reading to figure out how all this stuff actually works. Derek (21 years ago, 14-Jul-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| (...) If I can recall correctly, it was white and blue (function common) (...) all setup-I don't have ACK circuit setup to try yet...I know DaveK does. Calum (21 years ago, 14-Jul-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| (...) The Ack circuit is great--I used resistors, but the 2 lights also do the trick, and I know you have lotsa train lamps to make your own. Dave K (21 years ago, 14-Jul-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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