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[#ditto]        don't buy them. I have several Bachmann decoders running in some DCC Onboard products.  I will leave them unless they give a problem, but.......But remember, they usually require a capacitor clipped between the rails of the programming track before they will respond to your console's programming commands.  Otherwise they are likely to just sit on the programming track giving a "no decoder present" error message.[quote user="jeffrey-wimberly"] These decoders are quite basic. They control speed, direction and lighting functions.Here's a link to the page at the Walther's site.<a href="http://www.walthers.com/exec/productinfo/160-44914">http://www.walthers.com/exec/productinfo/160-44914</a>I prefer just motor control on my DCC units so a decoder that controls just 2 functions is fine for me. I prefer to use the Digitrax DZ125 decoder. It has a 1 amp rating with a 2 amp peak and control speed, direction and lighting functions like the Bachmann decoders and costs $24.99 from Walther's. Being made to fit in a Z scale loco it can fit virtually anywhere in a HO loco. Here's a link to the page at Walther's.<a href="http://www.walthers.com/exec/productinfo/245-DZ125">http://www.walthers.com/exec/productinfo/245-DZ125</a> [/quote]Agree with this.  Another much better decoder than the Bachmann for the price is the 524-D13SR which still can be had for $15.56 from Bruce and Linda at Litchfield Station <a href="http://www.litchfieldstation.com/xcart/home.php?cat=152">http://www.litchfieldstation.com/xcart/home.php?cat=152</a>Product manual and specs: http://www.ncedcc.com/d13v35_d.pdfI like to get the 10 packs which work out to $13.65 eachLitchfield Station still has a few DZ123s for $15.89 (another of my favourites) and their price is $19.89 for the DZ125s (I recall they are almost always less expensive source than Walthers).
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