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Re: DCC chip installed in accessory brick
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lugnet.trains
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Wed, 26 Nov 2003 03:42:46 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, John Hill wrote:
> Now if I can just steel myself enough I will be taking the motor out of a train
> motor and fitting a HO scale decoder inside with the motor outputs going to the
> 2x2 connector.
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> I will put this in a train with a modified 12-9V connector cable to a 12V train
> motor.
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> Hey presto! I have a DCC controlled 12V train that can mix it on same tracks as
> my 9V DCC locos!
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> I think this will work real well as the DCC voltage I am using is quite high, at
> least 12V so there should be enough to run those old 12V trains again!
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> IMPORTANT, I must remind myself to tape over the contacts on the bottom of the
> 12V motor as if those touch the tracks I will quite likely fry the decoder chip.
I don't have a 12v motor but this mod should be pretty easy.
Good luck with that.
As for modifying--for my good friend that asked, here's a walk thru:
http://sparky.i989.net/ltrain.htm
Dave K
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| (...) Yes! It works, I came home this evening and cut open a perfectly good brand new 9V motor and put a 1.5 amp decoder inside and connected it to the 2x2 electrical plate on the motor housing. Now I have those old 12V locos running again. They (...) (21 years ago, 26-Nov-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: DCC chip installed in accessory brick
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| Now if I can just steel myself enough I will be taking the motor out of a train motor and fitting a HO scale decoder inside with the motor outputs going to the 2x2 connector. I will put this in a train with a modified 12-9V connector cable to a 12V (...) (21 years ago, 26-Nov-03, to lugnet.trains)
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