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Hi,

I wonder if any one could help me please. I'm new to this site and I'm just getting back into the model railway seen now we live in a house with some room for one!!

I have collected a number of models over the years, but this time round I have gone of the DCC option. This is fine for the DCC ready models but I have a number that are not. The main thing that is causing me a headache is that I would like to fit DCC to my DMU's!

I would like to have working head, tail and internal lights and plan to use "Express Model Lighting" kits (now hear comes the but!), but, would like to have the head lights at one end working independently from the tail lights at the other end, so I can have them working in multiple. I do understand that this my require more that one chip in some units i.e. CL121, but how do you wire in the extra chip?

The units that are currently involved are Hornby CL110, and Lima CL117 & 121. I also have a Bachmann CL108 which I have managed to find some information on putting the DCC into, but again will the head/tail lights off if I have it coupled to another unit?

Please can anyone point me in the right direction?

Many thanks

Ian

 

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Thanks guy's,

Do I need to do anything special to the LED's before conecting them up or will they work "out of the box" so to speek?

 

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Nice one. This looks like what I need (and the photo's are a help)

But would each car of the unit need to have a different address?

And how do you add in a second chip for a single car unit for internal lights as this would already have use up four functions, or can you get a chip with more than four functions?

Ian

 

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Thanks Chaps,

You have given me the info I need now (I think

).

I guess other people may put forward other ideas, but what you have all surgested seems to make some sence to me!!

Thank you all very much, I'll be back for help later when I get stuck!

Ian