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metra lighting
Posted by wirta1 on Saturday, February 25, 2012 10:50 AM

can someone please tell me if i can use the TCS K4-LK strobe lighting kit without a decoder. will it work with dc only? thank you.

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Posted by cacole on Saturday, February 25, 2012 9:20 PM

NO, it will not work without a DCC decoder and a DCC system.  Model Railroader magazine page 73 of the March 2012 issue explains this.

 

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Posted by wirta1 on Tuesday, February 28, 2012 6:50 PM

actually i contacted tcs and you CAN run this feature on dc alone. i am now looking for the lighting kits for the passenger cars.

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Posted by wirta1 on Tuesday, February 28, 2012 6:51 PM

actually you can run this feature on dc alone. i contacted tcs and they described how to do it.

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