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Model Forum / General / Railroads / June 2004digital question
Hi, I have the opportunity to purchase a couple of locos which have digital chips installed. Can I run them as they are on my conventional layout, or do i have to remove the chips. Shane Shane This will depend on the tpte of decoder installed and this will largely come down to who installed the decoders. If they were installed by the manufacturer of the locomotives then it is most likely that the locomotives will run on either traditional DC control or DCC. Most factory installed decoders these days automatically sense which current is present and respond accordingly. There are some factory installed decoders that had a switch which allowed the user to chose which control method was to be used. If on the other hand the decoders were privately installed after purchase then I would reccommend that you disable them. Most decoders do have a setting which will allow them to be run on conventional control but you need a DCC system to set them and in some of the cases where I have seen this done it causes a lot of motor humm which worries me. Might be a better proposition to buy a DCC system and run them on DCC. Werris > Hi, > I have the opportunity to purchase a couple of locos which have digital > chips installed. Can I run them as they are on my conventional layout, or do > i have to remove the chips. > > Shane That is always easy to say if you dont have 80 locos at home and a layout already up and running happily Might be a better proposition to buy them and try em, if they dont work, you can make money on them on Ebay ALWAYS >Might be a better proposition to buy a DCC system and run them on DCC. In general yes, but some chips (Wangrow and Soundtrax) do not support DC operation. Also it is possible the previous owner has disabled this feature if they are second hand. >Hi, >I have the opportunity to purchase a couple of locos which have digital [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > >  SignatureRemove norubbish to reply direct Jack Russell |
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