Wait until you install a full size Tsunami decoder in an 0-6-0 boiler, sets a new standard for "tight fit". <G> I have become more adept at soldering very short wires and using Miniatronics 2 and 3 pin connectors. That allows me to separate the boiler from the frame without having to have extra wire to stuff in. I guess by now I have so much scar tissue on my fingers from years of soldering, that holding short wires close to the hot iron isn't as painful!
I also line the inside top of the boiler with double stick tape so wires will be held up and away from the shaft. So far I have not had any "bad days" with wires wrapped around drive shafts. I can sympathize with Bill L. though. I installed a decoder in my SP 2-10-2, including the speaker in the smoke box. Those locomotives have no hole in the stack since you use a screw for the different stack options. I removed reamed out the stack casting and boiler for the sound. It all fit, but hindsight says I should have gone with a bigger bass reflex speaker in the tender instead. I am becoming more of a fan of jewels instead of lights. Guess that is a bit lazy, but wiring the lights is usually the biggest part of DCC installations... On diesels, I have begun using the Tsunami TSU-GN, BW and AT decoders. They are a heck of a lot easier to wire than dealing with that harness. Regrettably they have limited sound applications and, to my knowledge, none are available for steam... Just some thoughts... Jim Kindraka Plymouth, WI --- In [email protected], Bob Werre <bob@...> wrote: > > Ed, Yes, depending on how you setup your DCC wiring under the layout. > Mine, having been DC first didn't go through much simplification that > probably could have taken place. All in all, wiring is not my favorite > things to do, but I do a lot of it. > > With the inside of an engine, just getting your fingers in there to work > is the challenge, think nothing of the fine wires that can get snagged > on anything and everything. Under the layout we dealing with much > heavier wires over longer distances, so just stringing the darn stuff > around the layout can be a trying situation especially when you've > turned much of that area into storage--again some of that due to > Southern homes. > > Bob Werre > > ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
