PROTO SW8/900/600 DECODER SELECTION AND WIREING ADVICE

[fingalrailroad]

 Hello everybody,

                           I have just got my superb S I running beautifully,and I open my next loco the proto 2000 sw8 (how do the gran childern now what to get you for christmas).

   Well proto tell me it is to small to fit a plug into and just wire it up youself,i thought maybe  a  TCS M 1 would do the trick should i remove the board and hard wire the unit,it looks like the cab lights could be a bit of a chalange.

                             REGARDS

                                                PATRICK..

[fingalrailroad]

 Hi DAVID.

                   Thank you once again for your advice.

 

                                        PATRICK

[rrinker]

 NCE has an easy to install (but not just plug in) decoder specifically for these locos. The SW-SR. It repalces the existing board, and the wires connect to the decoder in similar locations as they did on the stock board. It includes a resistor for the rear light so you don't have to dismantle the cab interior to pull out the old bulb, and ti has solder apds and a resistor already onboard to solder on an LED for the headlight. The decoder clips on tot eh mouting clips that held the original board.

                        --Randy

 

[fingalrailroad]

 THANKS RANDY

                           I will order one.

                                      PATRICK