[ebaykal]

Might be a dumb question but anyway.

Since I am going to convert to DCC am looking for a suitable decoder to fit in tight spots in my FLM loco's.
Hornby decoders were perfect due to its small size but what I have read so far shows me to keep away from it.

Now, can I use decoders designed for N scale to my HO locos?
Is the Amp. value important.
And if the answer is yes, any recommendations?

Still couldn't decide on the DCC command module.

Thanks
Baykal

 

[ebaykal]

Thanks guys for all the references.

I am going thru all of them bit by bit.

John, I will get in touch with mr. Tran and bore him with my questions on the Fleischmanns.
The Lenz Direct seems a good choice. A plug and play decoder.

Gary, to be honest, all our loco's in our club layout are fitted with the hornby decoders run by the Select.

the Hornby R2641 BR Class 50
R2656 BR Class 73 and
Stanier 8F
Liliput DB Br 86 fitted with loksound decoder.

Now we took this layout on an exhibition in one of the biggest malls in Istanbul.
The layout was there for exactly 1 month. These poor souls started running at 9 am till 10 pm a total of 13 hrs non stop /day.
Total of 390 hours! Non of them let us down in performance and are still kicking except the liliput Br 85 who threw in the towel 3rd week.

Now I am in the brink of going DCC and do you see my dilemna? Anyway still have time think till May.

Thanks

Baykal

 

[ebaykal]

MMD,

I completely agree with you.
It eventually comes to the saying that " I am not rich enough to buy cheap things."

The left lobe of my brain says: ESU command control+Lenz silver or Direct+ loksound V3.5 decoders, while the right lobe says
(Wife+kids+.....) settle with the Elite when it arrives.

But you never know, the devil works in mysterious ways.

Cheers
Baykal

 

[ebaykal]

Thanks Brian,

Shall do.

By the way I have just read Doug's review on the Hornby decoder. Guess he did that when it was first launched.

Quote :I have compared the Hornby decoder directly to a Lenz Gold - perhaps unfair as the Hornby decoder costs less than £10 and the Lenz costs about £30, but the Lenz was the only other decoder I had at hand so that was the reference.

As it turned out, the Hornby decoder ran very well and had a smoothness comparable to the Lenz and a slow running speed much slower than the Lenz.

I say again that it is small, cheap well mannered decoder. Perfect for fitting into steam locos with limited internal space, perfect if you starting out with DCC on a limited budget and perfect if you need a smooth running simple decoder for a little engine. I'll be using these on my layout for sure. Unquote

Slow running + Steam loco's with limited internal space ! I mean isn't that what I want in the first place?

I am confused

Still have to do alot of research

Baykal