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Still a 5 minute delay .

Me done with this site !!!

[Change of address.]

All you have changed is the address ,all other CV should remain the same .

Changing CV 150 to 1 is altering the motor pid control .

CV 153 and 154 can be adjusted to fine tune the motor .

If you stay with CV 150 at 0

CV 151 and 152 can be adjusted

If your decoder has gone gaga (it happens )

Then 8 to CV 8 should!d reset it losing any changes you have made .

CV 10 back emf could be turned off too ie CV 10 = 0

[Track issues]

Give the track good clean use a track rubber or a piece of hardboard .

Check all the fishplate connections are clean and secure when assembling the track.

If your peckett has been run on dirty track then the wheels could have picked up some dirt

Do a little track at a time connect the controller then add a little more clean track ensuring good running and repeat

[Curve radius track types]

Be careful when switching back on radius curves .some longer locos do not like it and can derail put a short straight between the opposite curves .

[Dummy Car causing short Circuit]

One thing to eliminate Pedro is that the wheels are all inserted the correct way round .

[First board]

Google free track plans

There will be something of interest.

[Returning to the hobby]

If 6x4 is your space limitation .then I would bring n gauge into consideration .

[Slow class 50 issue]

What was the first decoders current rating ? Double check your connections if a plug in decoder ensure clean pins.

[Is my TTS R8114 recoverable?]

Some tts decoders had an issue where you turn the loco round to face the opposite way.

You can try this

[Help with Select 9 button and Loksound]

9 is the first double figure what happens when addressing to 19 , 29, 39,49 ?

Have you reset the loksound 8 to CV 8

[Engine Shed !]

Tried to read the latest engine shed .asked for login .logged in .returned to engine shed and asked to log in .

[logging on]

Did you get a magic link email ?

[Being clever with R047 switches and R618 isolating track]

Ah, just thought of something. The LED brightness might be influenced by the amount of track power, which would be low for shunting operations, with traffic moving slowly. Perhaps this is a non-starter.

 

 

Use double pole switches one pole to control your track (variable controller voltage ).

Use the second pole on the switch to operate your led power indicator (separate voltage supply ) .

[Stuttering Loco]

Four things to try, if this is happening with with different locos as you suggest.

1. Give the track a good clean .invest in a good track rubber.
2. Check your rail joiners are secure.
3. Is your layout fed with just one connection. Try a multiple wiring ( bus ).
4. Points. If you use point clips check these are secure.

Have you had a controller failure? I would not have thought a DC runaway would damage a controller, another track issue?, intermittent point fault / stray track pin?

[Help needed with controller cutting out]

The points could be faulty .Take the points out the layout and see if the controller resets .

[Stuttering Loco]

Thanks. I'll try later. But this has become rather frustrating. I'd expect a new Bachmann loco to work properly out of the box. I have not received very much support from them and will contact the retailer if I fail to get this right!

 

 

It is not unusual for the need to adjust CV 54 + 55 with any new loco. Every one I have purchased as needed adjustment. Both Bachmann and Hornby. I suspect it is down to the DCC system being used. I have never bottomed the reason, just tinkered the CV until it is how I wanted it. I guess it is harder on the Elite / eLink than the NCE.

[Stuttering Loco]

Reduce CV 55 by a value of until the stutter fades .

CV 54 I have found works with the start up of a loco

[Class 128]

I dont think a tts decoder will not have enough functions for the class 128

[Passenger or freight loco..... how to tell?]

I find that method only works for "class" but not for each individual loco.

eg. the Peppercorn A1 has the power class of 8P6F so it does both, but the 60163 Tornado is strictly a passenger loco.

 

 

Tornado is classified under TOPS. And is a A1 replica built way after the BR classification was introduced and replaced with TOPS .Each loco belongs to a class so a generic classification system .Keep my eye out for that book .Nice Tip .

[Passenger or freight loco..... how to tell?]

Loco's have a designated code

F or and P .Freight or and Passenger .Freight loco's can have smaller driving wheels

So A 9f has a power (pulling power) 9 for freight

Some loco's are mixed traffic MT

Some like the black five are 5f5p.

[Measuring Power Consumption]

Try a plug in power meter available off eBay for less than a tenner .try to get one that measures watts as well as kWh .

[Wiring points for DCC and DC operation]

I'm gonna use gaugemaster PM1s

 

 

Have a look at the traintech pc2000 accessory decoder this allows both on a single device .

[Fitting a decoder to R320 1995 West Country Exeter 4-6-2]

Either or at connection a1/c, connecting at c1 gives you a little more wire to slot the decoder in a good position .

My last sentence is a,belt and braces test just to ensure the motor is electrically isolated from the chassis in my view better checked than a blown decoder .

[Fitting a decoder to R320 1995 West Country Exeter 4-6-2]

Decoder red to the wire B1

Decoder black to the wire at c1

Remove suppressor

Orange to connection b1

Grey to connection c1

Ensure motor isolated from chassis connections b1 and c1

[Identifying if my Class 3F Jinty is fitted with DCC]

Hello Christopher

The 3p 3g means class 3 passenger class 3 goods .basically meaning the loco power pulling its stock.

Now DCC fitted if you look at the rear of the loco you will see a little lug holding the body on .If you press this in and lift the shell it should pop off .look at the motor area and if DCC fitted you will see a decoder .usually a 4 pin .