Pencarrow
Western Thunderer
It’ll do more than 17 with the ballast you put in it. I hope the baseboards are well supported
Yes, supported by the house...
simond
Western Thunderer
Now we need to sort out the decoder…
Wheeltapper DCC offer an ESU decoder with a sound project recorded on the remaining 13xx.
First choice is a 21-pin with Adapterplatine, as this allows the platine to be screwed into place which always seems more workmanlike to me, and protects the wiring, etc. - and as Chris appears to have pre-filled the boiler & tanks with something of extreme density, there are few opportunities to use the body!
First, up front between the frames
Possible but will be visible under the boiler, and challenging for the front chassis fixing. And this would be the preferred location for the speaker.
Second, under the bunker
That’s a “No” then.
Third, in the bunker
Mmm, far from ideal.
Fourth, lying down in the bunker
Well, it goes in, but I’m not at all sure that it gains anything from being on the adapterplatine.
That probably suggests an 8-wire decoder without plug will be the rational option, and reluctantly, I think I’ll have to mount it in the bunker. I much prefer the body to be entirely separate if possible. I might be able to arrange a hole in the bunker floor through which the decoder can be fed into the bunker from below.
this…. With the plug cut off…
atb
Simon
Wheeltapper DCC offer an ESU decoder with a sound project recorded on the remaining 13xx.
First choice is a 21-pin with Adapterplatine, as this allows the platine to be screwed into place which always seems more workmanlike to me, and protects the wiring, etc. - and as Chris appears to have pre-filled the boiler & tanks with something of extreme density, there are few opportunities to use the body!
First, up front between the frames
Possible but will be visible under the boiler, and challenging for the front chassis fixing. And this would be the preferred location for the speaker.
Second, under the bunker
That’s a “No” then.
Third, in the bunker
Mmm, far from ideal.
Fourth, lying down in the bunker
Well, it goes in, but I’m not at all sure that it gains anything from being on the adapterplatine.
That probably suggests an 8-wire decoder without plug will be the rational option, and reluctantly, I think I’ll have to mount it in the bunker. I much prefer the body to be entirely separate if possible. I might be able to arrange a hole in the bunker floor through which the decoder can be fed into the bunker from below.
this…. With the plug cut off…
atb
Simon
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