Digitax DN163K1C now with SMD LEDs

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gcri

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Digitax DN163K1C now with SMD LEDs

Posted by gcri on Friday, July 18, 2008 9:29 PM

I just ordered a new Digitrax DN163K1C decoder for my Athearn SD70 and it arrived today. As I was installing I thought for a second that the LEDs were missing. Then I noticed that they had actually used SMD LEDs. Much to my delight I did not have to file anything to get it to fit properly since they were so small.

modelmaker51

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Posted by modelmaker51 on Saturday, July 19, 2008 5:13 AM

I'm not that current on newer Athearn stuff, when did they start using Mashima motors? It's kind of ironic since I've been using Mashimas to remotor my Athearns for 20 years.

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gcri

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Posted by gcri on Saturday, July 19, 2008 7:04 AM

I am not sure about the motors, the last two Athearn SD70s I purchased have had them.

locoworks

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Posted by locoworks on Saturday, July 19, 2008 11:06 AM

modelmaker51 wrote:
I'm not that current on newer Athearn stuff, when did they start using Mashima motors? It's kind of ironic since I've been using Mashimas to remotor my Athearns for 20 years.