In a meeting in Europe of the NMRA in the minutes of a meeting the NMRA have agreed that members will not instruct modellers to remove capacitors from locomotives.
Hornby "DCC Fitted" locomotives have seperate motor capacitors fitted. This could be an obligation on the part of Hornby as a train set manufacturer to satisfy CE EMU legislation.
Therefore Hornby Digital has been designed to operate with seperate motor capacitors fitted to locomotives. Capacitors act as signal dampers as well as supressing emmisions from the motor.
It could be that after market suppliers of decoders in Europe have to offer a product that will function with a seperate motor capacitor. If a decoder is removed from a loco that has also had its capacitor removed and this loco is subsequently operated with DC it will generate interference.
Implications?
Happy modelling
Gary
Hornby "DCC Fitted" locomotives have seperate motor capacitors fitted. This could be an obligation on the part of Hornby as a train set manufacturer to satisfy CE EMU legislation.
Therefore Hornby Digital has been designed to operate with seperate motor capacitors fitted to locomotives. Capacitors act as signal dampers as well as supressing emmisions from the motor.
It could be that after market suppliers of decoders in Europe have to offer a product that will function with a seperate motor capacitor. If a decoder is removed from a loco that has also had its capacitor removed and this loco is subsequently operated with DC it will generate interference.
Implications?

Happy modelling
Gary