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Class 59 and London 2012 DCC chip fitting.


paul_bowes

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hi,

 

I am planning on switching my layout from DC to DCC early next year. Most of my locos are DC so I need to solder the chip in, I have managed to work out most now but have two locos which I am unsure about, the class 59 by Hornby and the london 2012 loco from the official train set.

 

Both seam to have mini PCB's in so am wondering how they would be chipped.

 

Thanks,

James,

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Hi MagFan,

I Have some pictures of the inside of the two locos. 

London 2012: 

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Class 59:

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If you need any other info let me know...

Thanks,

James 

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As Poliss put, that's an eight-pin blanking plate on the right end of that centre plate. Just pull the blanker straight up to remove it, and put a DCC chip in it's place.

Make sure you find pin 1 on the socket, and match it with pin 1 on the chip! It might have a tiny 1 printed by it, or a dot of paint.

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the class 59  thats the easy one sorted

the pcb i think is for the lights on dc

so you will have to do away with that  for now ,

can you trace the two wires from the pick ups and seperate them from the two motor wires.if so red and black wires to pick ups

grey and orange wires to the motor

if possible drop the motor out from the housing and photo from above and sides

Yes, Class 59 sorted! :) 

Here are some pictures of the 2012 motor: 

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Thanks, James 

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the class 59  thats the easy one sorted

the pcb i think is for the lights on dc

so you will have to do away with that  for now ,

can you trace the two wires from the pick ups and seperate them from the two motor wires.if so red and black wires to pick ups

grey and orange wires to the motor

if possible drop the motor out from the housing and photo from above and sides

have a look on this site the decoder installation guides a wiring diagram is on

give it a study

and if you have already done a few decoders already

mark and snip the pcb wires and im sure you will see the similarities between what you have done and this loco

Ok, thanks, will take a look, I have posted some photos but they are waiting to be checked by a mod. 

Thanks

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I don't believe you will need to do anything with the PCB for the lights. On a DCC ready loco like this, the PCB is designed to take either a DC or a DCC source to make the lights function. The only difference will be that on DCC the lights will be functional all the time and on DC only when the loco is moving. 

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I don't believe you will need to do anything with the PCB for the lights. On a DCC ready loco like this, the PCB is designed to take either a DC or a DCC source to make the lights function. The only difference will be that on DCC the lights will be functional all the time and on DC only when the loco is moving. 

Ok Great, So I just need to solder in a chip for the motor?

Thanks, James 

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 paul it looks to me that the two outer and lower wires are the pick ups these need connecting to the red and black decoder wires

so that leaves two motor wires cu these further back and connect to orange and black

do check and confirm this

@ fish i dont see any where for the dcc decoder to fit in so suggest this loco is not dcc ready and any lighting will be on all the time both forward and reverse,

thats for you to decide paul if you want all lights on all the time

 

I see, well i am happy with the lights to be on all the time so will just solder in a chip to the motor for that one, I agree on the wires I think they are correct. 

Thanks, James 

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