Howdy All,
Could use some advice on how to properly wire motor blocks to a dcc decoder. Up till today, I've always replaced all Aristocraft or USA Trains boards (Traditional Method) and just wired lights and motors directly to the dcc decoder. This has worked "pretty well", but I think the motor install has been flaky and I wondering if I've inadvertently by passed needed components to keep the motors "power balanced"...meaning that both motor blocks turn at the same rate, despite more load on either block. I use Soundtraxx TSU4408 or LokSound 5 decoders, no errors as far as I can tell. My current locomotive I'm working on is an Aristocraft SD45, from 2004. I saw a mention of voltage regulators on Greg Elmassian's site and now think that maybe voltage regulators are need to be in the circuit. Any pointers, schematics, etc any has would be so helpful.
Thank you,
Greg
ps. Im not an EE so please don't judge me for my rookie'ness ;-)
Could use some advice on how to properly wire motor blocks to a dcc decoder. Up till today, I've always replaced all Aristocraft or USA Trains boards (Traditional Method) and just wired lights and motors directly to the dcc decoder. This has worked "pretty well", but I think the motor install has been flaky and I wondering if I've inadvertently by passed needed components to keep the motors "power balanced"...meaning that both motor blocks turn at the same rate, despite more load on either block. I use Soundtraxx TSU4408 or LokSound 5 decoders, no errors as far as I can tell. My current locomotive I'm working on is an Aristocraft SD45, from 2004. I saw a mention of voltage regulators on Greg Elmassian's site and now think that maybe voltage regulators are need to be in the circuit. Any pointers, schematics, etc any has would be so helpful.
Thank you,
Greg
ps. Im not an EE so please don't judge me for my rookie'ness ;-)