ke100

Hello All Again excellent info mucho thanks I'm going to do it now. I found when doing the install that taking the pickups out then soldering the connections was easier for me due to the size of my soldering tip, what a joy and surprise when Joe worked afterwards. Regards ke100

Hello All It's only me as Harry said. Confused again, the website tells you to wrap the PCB in insulating tape, the instructions that came with the decoder say don't as the decoder gets hot, use double sided tape. If this is right which side of the PCB should the tape be attached to and deosn't tape use glue which is affected by heat as well, or am I getting too anal Any assistance again really appreciated Maybe I should get my old wind up 0 gauge stuff out of the loft Regards ke100

Hello All Thanks for the info and so quick,upside down motor and no capacitors perfect. Regards ke100

Hello All I'm new to this DCC world and was attempting to put an R8249 decoder into one of my Smokey Joe's using the intstructions on the Hornby Website. Unfortunately both of my Joe's only have one capacitor orange marked B 222K not the three they show, So I turned to the forum hoping to find someone who had my situation, Although i could find information about DCC and Joe there was no mention of a loco with only one capacitor. Am I right in thinking that the red lead off the decoder can be soldered straight to the pickup and the one capacitor then soldered across the motor terminals? At present both of my Joe's run well on DC Any help will be much apprecited