[Cpt Jack Sparrow]

that's 3 dcc chip sets fried in as many days

all trying to fit them into bachman split chassis loco. i give up!!!!!!!

Cpt jack

 

[Cpt Jack Sparrow]

QUOTE (Brian Considine @ 28 Oct 2008, 00:53) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>So you're now a fully paid up member of the fried chips club !

Thanks for that.......

Cpt Jack

 

[Cpt Jack Sparrow]

QUOTE (upnick @ 28 Oct 2008, 01:02) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Hi Capt,

Do you try the loco on the prog track first before going to main track with loco

As a readback on programme track can tell you if theres a short before you let the decoder have the power carried on the main track .

I have a length of track seperate to the main layout I use to programme, what do I do for a read back programme?

I see pounds saving with the next answer

Cpt Jack

 

[Cpt Jack Sparrow]

Thankss for all the advice, multi meter today then......

As fo a controller I currently have a Hornby Elite, as I was not sure If I would go full time DCC, no I have made my mind up, with a few set backs.

Now I need to decide on which controller to go for and then write to Santa.

Cheers

Cpt Jack

 

[Cpt Jack Sparrow]

Hi all.

Thanks for the advice on frame splitting, this was the part I had no issues with, I think I must have missed some thing in the insulation of the motor, I have a pretty good Idea what I did wrong now, Just an expensive way to learn.

I know one was a definate pinched wire

Second was not insulated completely ate the motor terminal,

Third was just down right stupid

Plugged my programme track into the 17v dc output on the controller

Something to be said for unique plugs for each type of out put on the controller.

Slapped myself around abit, had a word with myself and will get some new chips today and redo tonight.

Appologies for being a clown

Cpt Jack

 

[Cpt Jack Sparrow]

QUOTE (SPROGman @ 28 Oct 2008, 16:59) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>That in itself wouldn't damage a decoder, if it really is only 17V and not a badly regulated output that rises a lot higher with no load. After all, many decoders are designed to run on DC and some DCC systems use voltages as high and higher than that.

There must be some other underlying problem.

Andrew

Oh ok, that was on a simple Horby loco as well, that had been running fine I was just checking my test track was working.

more woes

I'll crack it one day

Cpt Jack

 

[Cpt Jack Sparrow]

Success, I have the loco running happily on DCC.

Well a couple of small funnies.

The chip was not defaulted to 03, but 07, which seemed as I thought I had trashed yet another chip, convinced I had not as I had checked with a multi meter for some reason I started scrolling through the addresses and when I got to 07 it set off down the track.

The only other thing is it goes the wrong way to the selected direction, I really don't want to strip it down so I believe I can swap it in the CV functions

Can anyone guide me how to do that on a Hornby elite.

Thanks
Cpt Jack

 

[Cpt Jack Sparrow]

Thanks for all your help people, I've finaly got there!!

Cpt Jack