stang_crazy
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Well this is more less about some of the specifics of putting a decoder in.
I know if the engine your installing your decoder in draws to much power it can smoke the decoder. What is a good way to tell if it will work or not, also is there any leway in those #s?
Any good sites explaining this type of stuff.
the reason im asking this stuff now is because i recently took a decoder from a athearn genesis and put it in a walthers unit, I was using the walthers as a test bed, since the athearn it was going in was down and apart. The sound worked great but nothing would move. I moved a few wires and the motor started to run (wire was loose), then all the sudden a puff of white smoke came out of the decoder. So what happened im not quite sure.
needless to say it was dead.
I know if the engine your installing your decoder in draws to much power it can smoke the decoder. What is a good way to tell if it will work or not, also is there any leway in those #s?
Any good sites explaining this type of stuff.
the reason im asking this stuff now is because i recently took a decoder from a athearn genesis and put it in a walthers unit, I was using the walthers as a test bed, since the athearn it was going in was down and apart. The sound worked great but nothing would move. I moved a few wires and the motor started to run (wire was loose), then all the sudden a puff of white smoke came out of the decoder. So what happened im not quite sure.
needless to say it was dead.
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