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Anyone have any experience or knowledge of these electric locos running on DCC. Are they easy to convert from DC? Are they reliable or do they have vices?
Any feedback would be appreciated
Any feedback would be appreciated
Nah. It was a battery/RC conversion on an Accucraft K-27 with a Sierra sound card. No DCC involved. Got all the bits together but still got to summon up the courage to dove in and do it. Some very helpful, knowledgeable and generous folk hereI think Maxi-model did one recently![]()
You can actually buy a bridge rectifier as a single electronic component now. The first time I came across the concept, when the rectifier failed on my 150cc Honda motorbike, a friend made me a wheatstone bridge out of four miniature valve diodesNah. It was a battery/RC conversion on an Accucraft K-27 with a Sierra sound card. No DCC involved. Got all the bits together but still got to summon up the courage to dove in and do it. Some very helpful, knowledgeable and generous folk here. There was a lot of mucking about ensuring the Sierra didn't get fed any PWM.......I think. Bridge rectifiers, oh my head !
I was advised that the wiring on these locos could vary from batch to batch and the factory in China would not issue specific wiring schematics to Accucraft US. Yes, they do have 6v voltage regulators for the lights - check in the smoke box and tender. In Greg we trust. Max
I'll let you off.. (others may not)!You can actually buy a bridge rectifier as a single electronic component now. The first time I came across the concept, when the rectifier failed on my 150cc Honda motorbike, a friend made me a wheatstone bridge out of four miniature valve diodes![]()
Does this mean the whole chassis becomes same polarity as one rail, or is the drawbar isolated within the loco?One thing that needs to be considered is that some of Accucraft's locomotives pick up one polarity from the tender rather than opposite locomotive wheels. The draw-bar becomes electrical continuity.
On my early model K-27 the pick ups on one rail are on the drivers only and on the other side on the tender. The loco's chassis my be used as the ground in this instance. On later models all wheels picked up. The give away should be if there are copper "wipers" on both sides of the tender bogies or just one. The drawbar is isolated on mine. Check the loco's manual if you have one. This could be the same with the C16/19/21's. MaxDoes this mean the whole chassis becomes same polarity as one rail, or is the drawbar isolated within the loco?