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<p>[quote user="richg1998"]</p> <div class="quote-header"> </div> <blockquote class="quote"> <div class="quote-user">wleberk</div> <div class="quote-content"> <p>Just installed a Soundtraxx Tsunami sound decoder in my IHC 2-10-2. I don't have a DCC system(yet) but Soundtraxx says the decoder works in DC. When I give it power it doesn't move and the headlight doesn't come on but the sound works and there is no blue smoke. I wired it correctly as the instructions say. Is this normal and is there any way to operate the engine in DC?</p> <div style="clear:both;"> </div> <p> </p> </div> </blockquote> <div class="quote-footer"> </div> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p style="line-height:100%;margin-bottom:0in;">SOP. Standard Operating Procedure with a Tsunami you install yourself. I have a DCC system and tried using DC with a new decoder to prove a point a few years ago.</p> <p style="line-height:100%;margin-bottom:0in;">If you buy say, a Bachmann loco with onboard SoundTraxx decoder, new, the loco will run out of the box on DC. From a private source, some disable the DC option as there can be a runaway when the decoder is run by DCC. Nature of the beast.</p> <p style="line-height:100%;margin-bottom:0in;">Rich</p> <div style="clear:both;"> </div> <p>[/quote]</p> <p>Thats good info Rich, didn't know about the runaway problem.  Is there a thread somewhere that covers that already.</p>
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