Track and electrical/DCC
Getting Started with Electronics -
Pelsea has been posting some great projects to help people get started with electronics. If you're looking for good tutorial book that has similar projects you may find this one useful.
Make: Electronics, Learning Through Discovery
second edition by Charles Platt
The kindle edition is under $15, and you can download the Kindle app to almost any phone, tablet or computer for free.
Splitting a bus...
I can't see any reason why this wouldn't work, but DCC is like voodoo to me and what I may not see, some of the witch doctors on here may think obvious. So, I have an area that I want to be on one power district, but it is on two different peninsulas sort of, so I want to come out of my DCS100 into a PM42, then take the output for this particular power district and split it so that it can go in two different directions. My bus is 12 gauge, and I figured I'd just wire nut the split.
TCS WOW reset [Resolved]
I have just finished Installing a TCS WOW ath-1 kit in an Athearn SD70ace, and after selecting the correct prime mover, I attempted to change the operating direction (so when the direction is FWD the loco moves cab forwards/ REV hood forward) using the program on the main function of my NCE powercab.
Now it just idles and I cannot control it, I've tried to perform the CV 8 = 8 / CV30 = 2 reset to no avail.
Is there any other way to reset the decoder or is it "lost"?
BLI Y6b plug placement?
Hi all!
I had a blown decoder in a Y6b which BLI sent a replacement for. They wanted the faulty decoder back, so I photographed the decoder in the tender before removing it.
The problem is that the pics are gone.....
Anyone know where the connectors should be? And also which side the insulated wheels should be on the tender....
Hope someone can help.
Train Decoder to move Atlas Turntable???????
Hey guys I was looking for a search button on this forum like other ones but couldn't find it except for the search box above login name, but that searches all of google.
iPhone Speaker in a tender
Planning an iPhone speaker install in a Bachmann tender. The tender is not sealed. I am curious about getting the sound out. Is it OK as is or should I provide a hole(s) for the sound to get out. I have used the many holes in the coal load before but this is an oil tender so no coal load to drill out. I was thinking of aiming the port of the speaker to the bottom of the tender and drilling a hole(s) in the bottom. Any suggestions?
GregW66
Digitrax trouble
Fired up the power to move some cars tonight and some strangeness is afoot. Digitrax DB-150, when the power is turned on, the loco sound does its start up thing but then quickly shuts down. Move it slightly and it goes through the start up sounds again, and again quickly shuts down. No shorts. At least I don't think so. I am running four power districts through a PM-42 and it makes shorts very obvious. No signs of any shorts.
Hep me. Waddup?
thanks
Randy
Loksound Select download question.
Greetings, all!
Is it possible to replace the sound file project once it has been downloaded into a new ESU LokSound Select decoder? For instance, if an Alco file is loaded can it be swapped to an EMD file using a LokSound programmer?
Thanks!
How many feet / LED's can a certain AC/DC converter handle?
Box shows per strip they are 12V DC, 72W, 300 units of size 5050 LED's....about 16 actual feet.
From those that have ACTUALLY used such an LED lighting setup, how many additional 16 foot sections could be hooked together? The suggested AC/DC converter that I ordered with them is a D155-84W, which says it puts out 12V DC, 7 amps.
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