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| Even older tom |
Is this possible?As you all know, Dave is capable of sitting and simmering with smoke coming out the chimney due to the fact that his motive power comes from on-board batteries. My question is can DCC do this? Can you select a loco to stay still but allow power to go to an ancillary device (i.e. smoke unit)?If the answer is yes, then I've seriously got to look at my finances! 
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| poliss |
Your finances are in for a hammering then Tom because it's very easy to do with DCC.  A Hornby decoder won't be powerful enough though. You could even programme Dave to talk if you had the right decoder.
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| poliss |
Here's the link to the Seuthe smoke units suitable for DCC operation. http://www.ukmodelshops.co.uk/bbrd/viewtopic.php?t=613 Does Dave have one of them? | ||
| poliss |
There's more info on the MRF on this thread. http://www.modelrailforum.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=5867&st=0
I'll see what else I can find out. |
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| Even older tom |
Oh dear! Not the answer I was hoping for. 
Dave has the 100. The ones meant for DCC are designed for HO Marklin locos but Gaugemaster have some in stock. Might get one to see if it works as well as the 100. Thanks Pol. * Gets piggy bank out and has a look.... 1 Euro, 10 Francs, 3 Cayman Dollars and a button... hmmmm.. |
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| poliss |
Found a vid of someone who's done it with sound too.
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| Even older tom |
That's convinced me - tomorrow will be a day of searching the web for cheap DCC stuff to work out what it'll all cost to see if I can afford it.
Cheers |
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| poliss |
This link may be of use Tom. http://www.ukmodelshops.co.uk/catalogue/fct/lamps.shtml | ||
| Camborner |
I'd reccomend the DCC select-it cost about £55 when my parents bought me one for Christmas last year. It can register up to 60 locomotives, which is more than enough for most. I'd also reccomend Hornby decoders for non-smoke locomotives-only £10 a decoder. |
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| poliss |
The Select might not be powerful enough to run locos with smoke units. I'd say go for the Elite as a minimum. | ||
| Even older tom |
Now, just how spooky is this? The guy who made that YouTube vid sent me a comment this morning asking about the smoke unit on my Duchess vid! 
Coincidence or what? You couldn't make it up, could you? |
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| poliss |
I think Dave is the culprit there Tom. Guess who 'parps' up when you search for 'seuthe smoke' on youtube. | ||