Where do you find the plug at?

[Anonymous]

On my Bachmann B23/30-7 in HO scale. I can't find out where the plug is. How do you install one or what?

Any details would be great.





THANK YOU

[Anonymous]

Which plug are you talking about? Any details would be great on this end too.

Bob Boudreau

[Anonymous]

If an engine has a DCC plug then where would it be on the engine that I have. How do you know if you have it on it. And if you don't can you install one?

[ndbprr]

Well generally if t has a printed circuit card there should be a small black square with pins that plugs into a socket. The plug is there to either complete the circuits to run in dc or is a dummy. You just pull it out and plug in the decoder. be careful to pull straight up so you don't bend anything. generally a small screw driver will get under it and lift it if you can't get it by hand. No socket on the circuit board means no DCC plug and play. Time to hard wire.

[Anonymous]

Ok, best way to start would be to remove the shell (if it's anything like my Bachmann GPs, you need to take off the couplers, unclip the fuel tank, and undo the bolts that hold the shell on - it should then just slide off). Then look at the motor wiring - is there an 8-pin socket with a blanking plate over it? If so, this is your DCC socket. If not, there's no need to install one - you'd be better off installing a hard-wired decoder. Not had a look inside one of these locos yet (I've done a Walthers Dash 8-40B with one of these though, and it's simple enough - just make sure you have all wires soldered to the right places). I know there are sites that will give you a complete walk-through on installing decoders in various locos but can't remember the address - maybe someone else out there can? Hope this helps!

[Anonymous]

Well under the shell of the Bachmann B23/30-7 I found a circuit board. I don't think their is a plug under there. So what is that board for?

[ndbprr]

directional lighting, electrical connections, smoothing the dc for better operation, Capturing any stray AC on the rails.