Hi,
I have just chipped an old hornby 4-4-0 compound 4P (R376) that has a smoke unit. I have used a TCS M1 fitting in in the limited space in the tender (tender drive). Worked OK but would not read in the CV's (Using the ESU ). In taking the body off the loco found it had a smoke unit fitted. By dis-connecting the smoke unit it reads in decoder no problem. When the smoke unit is reconnected it appears to run ok with slow acceleration and slow deceleration. As the smoke unit is across the rail pickup is this causing the ESU to trip due to the current when reading the decoder. The decoder is rated at 1.3 amp with peak of 2.0 amps. Is there a suitable decoder to run just the smoke unit, I assume the FL lighting decoders will not provide enough power to drive the smoke unit. I am not able to run the loco other than on the test track as nearly finished the baseboards and start on the track laying.
Ian
I have just chipped an old hornby 4-4-0 compound 4P (R376) that has a smoke unit. I have used a TCS M1 fitting in in the limited space in the tender (tender drive). Worked OK but would not read in the CV's (Using the ESU ). In taking the body off the loco found it had a smoke unit fitted. By dis-connecting the smoke unit it reads in decoder no problem. When the smoke unit is reconnected it appears to run ok with slow acceleration and slow deceleration. As the smoke unit is across the rail pickup is this causing the ESU to trip due to the current when reading the decoder. The decoder is rated at 1.3 amp with peak of 2.0 amps. Is there a suitable decoder to run just the smoke unit, I assume the FL lighting decoders will not provide enough power to drive the smoke unit. I am not able to run the loco other than on the test track as nearly finished the baseboards and start on the track laying.
Ian