Just got this loco, http://www.hobbylinc.com/htm/mnt/mnt389104.htm it says it has DCC
I set it on a piece of PECO code 83 flex track w/ a 12vdc variable power supply attached, and it did nothing....should it?
A little cheapo 0-4-0 will take off down the track( i only had 1 loco on the piece of track at a time)
Thank you
EDIT: i`ve read a dc loco can run on a dcc track , but can a dcc loco run on just dc?
Am i ever gonna be able to lay any track???
I don't know. What engine did you actually get? The link description says that it is an 0-6-0 yard goat w/dcc. The picture shows a 2-6-6-2 that is definitely not what would be called a yard goat.
the pic is wrong. i got a 0-6-0 goat w/DCC , it`s a mantua
The Walthers page doesn't offer much information either.
Tom
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I just checked the Model Power site and it comes with an MRC sound decoder. Take a look at the site for more info.
A Google search mentions a 3/4 inch speaker. Edit. I think that is for the 0-6-0T.
Most HO steamers with tender have a 28mm speaker in the tender. That is about 1.1 inch.
MRC decoders have been problematic but maybe this is a newer version decoder.
Today decoders are dual mode, DC and DCC. On DC, you have to turn the power pack up higher than with a DC only loco. The decoder takes at least five volts just to wake up. Maybe a couple volts more to begin moving.
Rich
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I will toss this in here for those who do not know how to Google.
http://www.modelpower.com/SearchResults.asp?Cat=41
Be advised, the 0-6-0T has only two pickups on the left side drivers. I have the little older version. I had to add a pickup to the third driver.
Google MRC sound decoders for decoder specs, CV list.
Thanks for the reply`s.
When i set the loco on the track and it would do nothing, made me think i misinterpreted what i`d read about DCC ready loco`s (that they should run on just DC)...hence, my post...
Well, i tried it again last nite, and i discovered what the problem is!!!...It`s a piece of JUNK!
I set it down on the track, but the tender was off track,derailed( just partially on) and "startup" noises started and it took off down the track, dragging the derailed tender! I had to grab it before it shot off the end of the track and fall off the countertop.
It has 2 pickups(called "contact plates" in parts list) on the tender, both on the same side of the tender...
I put the tender on a piece of 9" track and holding it up and rolling it, while looking at the bottom of the track, i can see these pickups are about a 32nd of an inch from touching the rail !
Where are they supposed to touch? the side of the rail? I`ll try and get a camera tomorrow and upload a pic...really dissapointed.
The only review of the beast at modelpower/mantua says it has bad pickups...this being my first loco since my childhood, i didn`t think much of it, kinda thought they all had occasional pickup problems/dirty track...
As a kid i always blamed it on dirty wheels/track...but now i`m guessing my problems were mostly the rail joiners...