ckp Posted August 14, 2016 Share Posted August 14, 2016 Not sure this is in the right place, but I have bought a second hand Bachmann 25 from a local shop. It was described , in good faith no doubt, as being DCC ready for an 8 pin decoder. When I took the body off, I discovered that some bright spark had removed the PCB containing the decoder socket and wired the pickups etc direct and rather crudely. Will it be possible to connect a wired decoder to the motor and pickup wires without the PCB? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigelcliffe Posted August 14, 2016 Share Posted August 14, 2016 Yes. Completely disconnect the pickups from the motor terminals. Connect the pickups to the red and black wires on a decoder. Connect the orange and grey decoder wires to the motor. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kev Posted August 14, 2016 Share Posted August 14, 2016 Yes just take your time Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ckp Posted August 14, 2016 Author Share Posted August 14, 2016 Thanks People. Does the PCB serve any other purpose than to provide a DCC socket? I note that photo on line show components on it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyman7 Posted August 14, 2016 Share Posted August 14, 2016 That PCB contained various capacitors which some people don't like hence removing the board. If you hardwire in a decoder it will include any specific hardware requirements so the original PCB's absence won't be an issue Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ckp Posted August 14, 2016 Author Share Posted August 14, 2016 That PCB contained various capacitors which some people don't like hence removing the board. If you hardwire in a decoder it will include any specific hardware requirements so the original PCB's absence won't be an issue That's brilliant. Thank you Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold BoD Posted August 14, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 14, 2016 Heat shrink tubing is your friend though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hockeyshooter Posted September 17, 2016 Share Posted September 17, 2016 Not sure if these are of any help - this is the one I bought recently: I fitted a Gaugemaster DCC26 and cab LEDs. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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