[john g]

hi all, i'm about to send off to get some bachmann decoders. in the next few weeks, and was wondering if the loco is - loco drive or tender drive. it's the premium box set u. s. badged, there is a wire on the coupling with the tender. whether this is for an all wheel pick-up or for the motor. thanks for any help.

p.s. tried it on the dc control, it's very very quiet. very impressed.

john

 

[neil_s_wood]

Mine was loco drive but that was the Canadian Pacific one. Other models may be different. Instalation was easy from memory. The connection you mention is for all wheel pick up.

 

[john g]

thanks neil,

i thought it might have been for the all wheel pick-ups. i'm just getting the base bachmann chips with back emf. with the dynamis the hornby chips is a bit jumpy on it. one thing i notice was that it's set for the european market and not the brittish as the loco has to be turned in the opposite direction. i tried changing the polority round and had no effect. on the display for direction. someone said to turn the loco around, i only got to try it a couple of days ago. so it looks like i'm getting 5 decoders,

1. hst 125 virgin

1. m' navy

2. cl 08

1. jinty

the 08 and jinty are getting re-placed. the other 08 first chip.

john

 

[Richard Johnson]

QUOTE (john g @ 31 Dec 2007, 11:11) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>thanks neil,

i thought it might have been for the all wheel pick-ups. i'm just getting the base bachmann chips with back emf. with the dynamis the hornby chips is a bit jumpy on it. one thing i notice was that it's set for the european market and not the brittish as the loco has to be turned in the opposite direction. i tried changing the polority round and had no effect.

Hello John

If the loco has a dcc socket & runs backwards compared to others its because Hornby wired it wrong - they do it sometimes.

two fixes:

Best:
Reverse the two wires at the motor brushes (swap them). This will make it run the same way as others when forward is wanted. (turning the loco doesn't help - forward is relative to loco not track with DCC)

Easiest:
Change CV29 to 7 if you are using a 2 digit address, or CV29 to 39 if you are using a 4 digit address.

Regards and best wishes for 2008

Richard Johnson
DCCconcepts

 

[john g]

thanks all for re-plying, most helpful

john

have a happy new year