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Re-motoring Athearn RTR SD40<br />
Posted by Sean Hoyden on April 30, 2007, 01:03pm<br />
Any thoughts on the best type of motor to replace the stock Athearn<br />
motors with? I'm looking to re-motor an SD40 and possibly some<br />
AC4400's. I'd considered the KATO HM-5 replacement motors, but<br />
not sure if they'll work with the worm gears and drive lines already<br />
present, or will I need to replace everything?Thanks, Sean<br />
Decoder for Proto2000 E8/9 loco<br />
Posted by Howard White on April 24, 2007, 09:43pm<br />
What type of decoder is suitable for this locomotive?(HO<br />
scale)Thanks<br />
NCE<br />
Posted by plain_dane on February 25, 2007, 09:01pm<br />
Hi,I have a rivarossi heisler and an Atlas Dash-8 both with<br />
sound,first one with tsunami and the other with Quantum.My<br />
problem is that when I try to run these engines on any other system<br />
than NCE I get sound only,no momentum.I have tried them on both<br />
digitrax and MRC with the same results.no movementI have two<br />
spectrum shays also with sound(soundtrax) and they run just<br />
fine.Thanks<br />
Proto2000 0-6-0 tender<br />
Posted by Roger E. Smith on February 23, 2007, 11:08pm<br />
I'm looking for someone who bought a P2K heritage USRA 0-6-0,<br />
undecorated, #30225. This loco came with interchangeable bunkers<br />
to convert from coal to oil. If you are not using the oil bunker part,<br />
I'd like to buy it from you. Thanks<br />
Proto 2000 GP-9 Phase III Pilot<br />
Posted by Ed Hurtubis on February 22, 2007, 03:20pm<br />
I am looking for a replacement pilot for a Proto 2000 GP-9 phase<br />
III locomomtive with dynamic brakes. Thanks.Ed<br />
UR91<br />
Posted by Terry Ketcham on January 22, 2007, 05:04pm<br />
Does the UR91 come with the a power supply cord when ordered<br />
?Thanks Terry<br />
Decoder to control turntable<br />
Posted by Charlie on January 03, 2007, 12:52am<br />
I have a Walthers motorized turntable. The older style - not indexed.<br />
Is it possible to use a decoder to control the Walthers motor?<br />
Hopefully, this would allow for slow operation of the motor and<br />
visual alignment of the bridge track.<br />
8<br />
Re: Decoder to control turntable<br />
Posted by Ed McCamey on January 15, 2007, 03:50pm<br />
Possible - yes. May even give you the kind of control you want.<br />
But if you just want a slow motion, you can also experiment<br />
some with diodes and resistors to get better control of direct<br />
hook up. Could even have a slow-fast switch.Use some power<br />
diodes paired to the leads to immediately cut the voltage some,<br />
and add some power resistors across the leads and in series to<br />
cut the output speed - will also give greater control over<br />
speed.One nice way to deal with a variable control would be to<br />
cobble up one of those 317 IC throttle controls - power supply<br />
circuit and adjust for your specific like.Either way would be<br />
cheaper and be less confusing to visiting operators.-ed<br />
mccamey-COSLAR RR<br />
Sound activation<br />
Posted by Bill Stone on December 20, 2006, 08:26pm<br />
Just had a sound decoder installed and about to program various<br />
features. How do you activate each function ie bell, whistle etc? I<br />
have LENZ 100 system but the manual only covers setting up not<br />
activation.Thanks,Bill Stone<br />
Re: Sound activation<br />
Posted by Ed McCamey on December 27, 2006, 09:47am<br />
Bill,Activation is done through the function controls on the Lenz<br />
system - I don't have a Lenz command station - so I can't help<br />
with the specifics. Put her on the track and get ther going -<br />
punch the buttons for functions and you'll get the responses. The<br />
decoder manual will tell you which function does what sound.<br />
ATH SD45-2 decoder installation<br />
Posted by reisi on December 12, 2006, 02:42pm<br />
Hi I recently bought an ATH G SD45-2 without decoder and sound<br />
because its running quality was quite bad. I've installed a Digitrax<br />
DH163 decoder on the DCC ready board, however, the unit<br />
behaved very strange and reacted only with delay to the throttle<br />
commands, if it reacted at all. Did somebody experience the same<br />
problem and if yes, how did you solve it??Peter<br />
PS4 Red Light Stays On<br />
Posted by Dan Helfgott on November 19, 2006, 04:37pm<br />
I have a PS4 and suddenly the Red LED of #4 stays on, even<br />
though it is disconnected from the track. The instructions talk about<br />
a manual reset, and I tried doing that (at least I think I did) but to no<br />
avail. The red LED continues to stay on. How can I fix this so that<br />
the unit works properly?<br />
Re: PS4 Red Light Stays On<br />
Posted by Ed McCamey on December 04, 2006, 04:42pm<br />
Dan,Contact Tony - directly. He doesn't always keep up with the<br />
postings here, and he will be able to help diagnose this better.<br />
sound only<br />
Posted by JP on November 07, 2006, 10:19pm<br />
Does any decoder manufacture co.make a sound only decoder<br />
forengines that are already motiondecoder equipped? Needed for<br />
Bachman on board engines.<br />
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