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    I have been attempting to recreate my trainspotting days in the late 70s at Dalmeny station,just South of the Forth Rail rail bridge. From OO to N and back to OO, I love the site for filling in the gaps in my memory as well as tapping in to the wealth of knowledge out there - Thanks

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  1. I have recently got a Heljan 2615 model - the weathered blue 26044. Model runs great, but is currently fitted with a Hornby R8249 decoder. No issues with running quality so far, just all lights on at both ends are lit up regardless of direction of travel. I have tried turning decoder around which meant no lights at all. Do I need to fit a better decoder with the Heljan drawing more power than other models? Or is there something else to consider. I am using a Roco Multimaus with the improved UK power supply. Have yet to try on analogue, but will over the next few days to check if directional lights working that way.Any advice or help will as always, be much appreciated.
  2. Well what can I say - I contacted Hornby by their website, and after a couple of emails the model was sent to them. My boxed and modified / DMU power car was posted, and 1 week later came back brilliantly packed with a note inside. They replaced the decoder socket, replaced the motor and fitted a new Hornby decoder all with no charge. This model is easily 11 or 12 years old, but invaluable to me due to the detailing carried out, and I cannot praise Hornby enough for their excellent service. I wil never know what caused the shorts or fault, but thank you to Hornby and everyone who commented above.
  3. Well what can I say - I contacted Hornby by their website, and after a couple of emails the model was sent to them. My boxed and modified / DMU power car was posted, and 1 week later came back brilliantly packed with a note inside. They replaced the decoder socket, replaced the motor and fitted a new Hornby decoder all with no charge. This model is easily 11 or 12 years old, but invaluable to me due to the detailing carried out, and I cannot praise Hornby enough for their excellent service. I wil never know what caused the shorts or fault, but thank you to Hornby and everyone who commented above.
  4. I will look to isolate the bare wire end better. I had with the socket moved away from the chassis, and to the best of knowledge vertical to avoid cross contact, tried a decoder but short as usual. I have Contaced Hornby, but with age of model not expecting any help. Is there anywhere you can take dcc models for this type of repair. Would happily pay for fix or PCB replacement. Even tempted to buy another model to fit sound chip and use this as a non powered set. Would be a shame as motor runs sweetly on DC.
  5. Below are pictures of the underside of the PCB socket. Is there anything obviously wrong with it. I have not altered in any way since purchase
  6. The model was bought over 10 year ago - just never had a decoder fitted till now. Been heavily detailed by myself so precious to me and not sure Hornby would be so generous. Guess no harm in contacting them.
  7. Thanks for the information. I removed the Howes sound chip and fitted into a Hornby DCC class 55 chassis. Pleased to say the decoder performed perfectly sounds all good, so no damage to that one. The problem as suggested (many thanks) appears to be the socket on the Class 101. Can I ask if these can be replaced / repaired if faulty. I would prefer to have this done professionally as the risk of blowing full sound chips is too high. The basic Hornby decoder that I believe is blown totally as didn't work in the Class 55 chassis I will just bin as has been suggested wasn't probably the best buy in the first place.
  8. Thanks for the information. I removed the Howes sound chip and fitted into a Hornby DCC class 55 chassis. Pleased to say the decoder performed perfectly sounds all good, so no damage to that one. The problem as suggested (many thanks) appears to be the socket on the Class 101. Can I ask if these can be replaced / repaired if faulty. I would prefer to have this done professionally as the risk of blowing full sound chips is too high. The basic Hornby decoder that I believe is blown totally as didn't work in the Class 55 chassis I will just bin as has been suggested wasn't probably the best buy in the first place.
  9. tested both two DCC ready locos with blanking plug and both run well. tried the sound chip in the DMU on a short piece of track and it run and it ran also - but with no sound. So know both locos motors are good and the sound chip does power the loco.
  10. I am going try the sound chip in another engine. Will try the DCC ready locos with their blanking plugs on a DC stretch of track to check locos are still running as expected. Will also check the pins are not touching chassis and all good connection wise. Thinking of powering up a separate straight track to check on DCC to eliminate track issues - though the 5 TTS chipped locos are all fine, which makes me think the track is not the problem. Beyond that I am starting to run out of tests I can carry out.
  11. Wish it as that straight forward. Hornby decoder tried in 3 DCC ready chassis locos - all same. Howes sound decoder tried in class 101 only - same issues / fault as basic decoder.
  12. I have been running my layout for several months using a Roco Multimaus. Currently have 5 Hornby TTS fitted locos all performed as expected. Diesels improved by upgrading speakers. It is essentially two circuits with a couple of sidings. It is wired up with bus wire and dropper feeds as standard practice. I recently purchased a Hornby R8249 decoder and fitted to a Hornby DCC ready class 101 and when placed on track moved off with no control from the controller. Thereafter it created a short circuit when placed on track and power applied. Tried same decoder in another DCC ready model - same response. Sent decoder back and was replaced, which was exactly the same. Last week I bought a Howes class 108 sound chip to fit in same DCC ready class 101. Straight away it performed the same as the Hornby decoder. I have replaced the original 2 pin power supply which came with controller with a 18v - 3.5a variable laptop power supply thinking this may help - still same performance. The whole time, the Hornby TTS models all run perfectly so completely confused where the fault lies and how to fix. Any advice or help will as always be much appreciated.
  13. Thanks Phil - not really got the opportunity to only test the decoder. Just puzzled as to why the TTS are good.
  14. Update - I have purchased a Howes Loksound class 108 sound chip. This also shorts the control system when place on track. So not just the Hornby R8249 and proves that decoder was not the issue. Replaced the supplied power supply with a variable voltage laptop power supply with 3.5 - 4amp supply. Hoping this would help. I have an electrofrog point in a yard providing two sidings. Can that make a difference. What really confuses me is that my 5 Hornby TTS engines all run and perform perfectly. Any suggestions as to how I can get the non-TTS engines running. Worried I will permanently damage the expensive full Sound chips.
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