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I'm looking to go DCC shortly, and am planning how to chip the fleet that I've got. I have a couple of hornby class 142s, which have a motor in each car ! I know I can put in two chips in the set and run it as a consist, but it sounds expensive.
If I wire up the motors in parallel, I should be able to use one chip and gain better pick up too. I appreciate that this may have a high current, so can any advise whether this is a sensible and feasible option, and suggets decoders which can coe with a highish current.
And no, they're packed away at the moment and I've not measured the actual stall current.......
I'm looking to go DCC shortly, and am planning how to chip the fleet that I've got. I have a couple of hornby class 142s, which have a motor in each car ! I know I can put in two chips in the set and run it as a consist, but it sounds expensive.
If I wire up the motors in parallel, I should be able to use one chip and gain better pick up too. I appreciate that this may have a high current, so can any advise whether this is a sensible and feasible option, and suggets decoders which can coe with a highish current.
And no, they're packed away at the moment and I've not measured the actual stall current.......