MikeOwnby
Active Member
I'm doing a DCC conversion on an older model Bachmann DDA40X with two motors. I've already ordered two DZ126's to run them. Of course, it'll be a bit of a pain to program them considering that I'll have to re-assign light functions to the individual decoders (remember the roof strobe?) since I'm going with the tinier DZ126 instead of the DZ146. However, I'm now wondering, would the Z-scale decoders actually handle two n-scale motors? I can't imagine running into this particular scenario again, but it'd be nice to have the knowledge. I just can't see one decoder handling both of the motors, but I have no way to test the amp draw. If anyone has any DEFINITIVE info on whether that would work I would appreciate it. I'm a bit in the dark about just how much current various N-scale motors do actually draw and whether the decoders are actually on the threshold of what's needed or could actually double up.