Rusty,
Your going in the right direction with the dual setup in the large amp
setups. I have a setup with a fairly large Digitrax 380 and a Sound
only Soundtraxx unit in my FEF. I plan on the same setup with my
Challenger if I ever get it working correctly. Because your probably
not using a whole lot of lighting effects on steam engines other than
headlights and maybe markers you can save the other function throttle
positions for the sound effects. The tusamani heavy steam decoder also
has, in my opinion, a rather poor UP sound.
I have been selling some of my older sound units/ and larger 380's to a
local 0 scaler who is in the same situation with large amp engines. As
I might have mentioned I did a complete inside overhaul of my USRA 0-8-0
switcher recently. So I removed the two decoder setup, standard bulbs
and installed the Tusamani and surface mounted LEDs. It was sort of a
test because many of the early Overland engines used the same motor--so
far so good with no shutdowns. I have about 4 self installed Tusamani
units and about the same in the older sound units.
As far as the larger amp Tusamani goes don't hold your breath. At one
time they were going to do a larger version of their regular sound
decoder and it never happened.
Bob Werre
BobWphoto.com
thebrassbasher wrote:
> I have received may emails and they all point in the same
> direction. The decoder will be returned to Soundtraxx with an
> explanation of just how dumb I really am! I will now begin using two
> decoders. One for the motor control and one for the sound. I
> understand that the things will have to be programmed for all of this
> to work but, hands down, the two decoder idea has been the number one
> response from those with the DCC experience.
> I have 15-20 locomotives and I'm looking at putting a small chunk
> of change into this. Whacking my thumb real good just makes me jump up
> and down a lot, but I don't see dollar bills flying out of my pocket.
> After frying that decoder I knew I needed outside help.
>
> Rusty
>
>
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