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CornishJim

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If that's the one with the built in switch it's probably the sprung contact causing the problem. When I've encountered this, I've just worked the motor by hand a couple of times and that has freed it up.

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Capacitor Discharge Unit, RDS. It is generally integrated in the wiring system to give a bit of kick to motor points.

Thanks, how would you use one with a DCC system and decoder?

Hi RDS,

DCC accessory decoders usually have them built-in. The R8247 has one CDU which serves all four ports, so you need to wait 3 seconds or so if you are firing ports on the same decoder in succession to allow the CDU to recharge. The ADS8, on the other hand, has one CDU per port, so the recharge time constraint is removed.

Ray

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