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With a convenient present of some heat shrink I have been attempting to fix some Loco's
that were not working correctly and at the same time do some DCC Conversions
Working on a Old Fleischmann 1380 (only made between 1959-65) That the previous owner had modified with red LED's for tail lighting (none of which worked anymore ) The Loco ran OK and the original lighting was still in place and also not working.
I decided to replace the original 2 bulbs per end with LED's as well.
After pulling out a couple of circuit boards and capacitors etc I was ready to begin
I established that the LED's still worked then made up a loom with the Rear headlight and front Tail lights Resistors in place Blue white and yellow wires same with the Front end .
Everything was measured to fit Heatshink fitted over the joins and holding wires in place. Made sure the wiring was going to fit tidily . Out with the M1 decoder
I separated the White Blue and Yellow wires , cut them to length and tinned the ends , Put the heat shrink tubes on the wires , Soldered all the joints . Used the heat gun on the shrink
The loom looked very tidy considering the amount of cabling in it!
Next step, tested for placement again everything fit , excellent!
Now wire up the motor
Cut the Orange wire to length - Where's the Grey Wire?
There was no Grey wire on the decoder!!!
Cut open the heatshrink , cut the joints out , strip and tin the wires Again!
Lucky I had a spare decoder
Here is a picture of the 2nd go
That is the second decoder I have had to send back , that I did not destroy!
But the Loco now works fine - Born in 62 Reborn as DCC in 2008
Regards Zmil
With a convenient present of some heat shrink I have been attempting to fix some Loco's
that were not working correctly and at the same time do some DCC Conversions
Working on a Old Fleischmann 1380 (only made between 1959-65) That the previous owner had modified with red LED's for tail lighting (none of which worked anymore ) The Loco ran OK and the original lighting was still in place and also not working.
I decided to replace the original 2 bulbs per end with LED's as well.
After pulling out a couple of circuit boards and capacitors etc I was ready to begin
I established that the LED's still worked then made up a loom with the Rear headlight and front Tail lights Resistors in place Blue white and yellow wires same with the Front end .
Everything was measured to fit Heatshink fitted over the joins and holding wires in place. Made sure the wiring was going to fit tidily . Out with the M1 decoder
I separated the White Blue and Yellow wires , cut them to length and tinned the ends , Put the heat shrink tubes on the wires , Soldered all the joints . Used the heat gun on the shrink
The loom looked very tidy considering the amount of cabling in it!
Next step, tested for placement again everything fit , excellent!
Now wire up the motor
Cut the Orange wire to length - Where's the Grey Wire?
There was no Grey wire on the decoder!!!
Cut open the heatshrink , cut the joints out , strip and tin the wires Again!
Lucky I had a spare decoder
Here is a picture of the 2nd go

That is the second decoder I have had to send back , that I did not destroy!
But the Loco now works fine - Born in 62 Reborn as DCC in 2008
Regards Zmil