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Mickey3526
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Joined: Nov 15, 2008
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Posted: Sat Nov 15, 2008 9:40 pm
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Hi I bought a lima 38 and I thought that a Model torque motor, Digitrax 8 pin plug and Sound trax or Loksound steam loco decoder and harness with speaker and rig it up and program it to run on DC and have it changable to run on DCC aswell. Has anyone done this to a similar loco or done this to a loco with a ringfield motor? REGARDS
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robertc
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Posted: Sun Nov 16, 2008 7:57 pm
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Mickey, while I have not bothered to put dcc in a ringfield motor powered model, there should be no problem. The British do it on a regular basis. Your biggest problem may be the inadequate pickup on the standard Lima 38. I would not consider a sound decoder a wise choice for this loco as it stands without considerable modification to add extra pickups. Most of the better quality DCC decoders will automatically run on dc.
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Bob Comerford
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anzac1959
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Posted: Sun Nov 16, 2008 8:50 pm
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ive put a nce13sj ,roughly in my lima 38 just to see if it worked about 2 months ago with no problems
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Mickey3526
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Posted: Sun Nov 16, 2008 9:09 pm
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The plan is to buy a model torque and NCE socket,rig it all up with a sound decoder and 8 ohm speaker. Remove the lighting tower and mount the light on the small speaker. Then program and then replace the body back on to the chassis and tender frame and then complete. Regards
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Aaron
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Location: University of Adelaide SA
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Posted: Sun Nov 16, 2008 9:14 pm
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Many people have used DCC to control ring field motors, there are no know difficulties involved.
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Matty3526
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Joined: Oct 24, 2008
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Posted: Sun Nov 16, 2008 10:02 pm
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Hey mickey can you not steal my name and stop saying all the stuff you are saying because you do none of the things you say anyway. i would like to see the condition your loco is in at the moment. post a pic of it up
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Matty3526
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Posted: Sun Nov 16, 2008 10:04 pm
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Go back as SMR18 
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Kav442s5
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Location: Near the 160km peg on the Short North, at the computer playing keyboard warriors.
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Posted: Sun Nov 16, 2008 10:06 pm
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| Matty3526 wrote: | | Go back as SMR18 |
Agreed. Your last post as SMR18 was yesterday's date. How convinient, you forgot your password. Time to stop sticking your extended smokebox out so often.
MODERATOR PLEASE!
It's creepy crawly season, so stop those creepys from crawling, particularly if its a TERMITE!
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motorex
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Posted: Sun Nov 16, 2008 10:09 pm
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Just wait and buy 38 from Eureka. Dont waste your time with the lima
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