layd999 Posted December 21, 2019 Share Posted December 21, 2019 It appears that Dapol designed their O Gauge light bars for the autocoach so that they work on DC systems if not DCC fitted, and DCC systems if so fitted. Which is to say, if you try to run a non-DCC fitted autocoach on a DCC system the lights will seriously mess up your system. But this is based on a statistically inadequate sample of one coach. What have others experienced? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Happy Hippo Posted January 12, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 12, 2020 (edited) My non DCC version of this coach doesn't have lights, so running it on my DCC equipped line doesn't present any problems. My B set which is non DCC has lights and runs on both my own and the club's DCC equipped layout with out any problems. Edited January 12, 2020 by Happy Hippo 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brossard Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 My friends coach doesn't have lights or DCC. When we were discussing we didn't grasp the importance of the feature. Should have got it. Has anyone retrofitted? John Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold MarshLane Posted January 18, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 18, 2020 John, I did query with DCC something or other, I forget the company name now, but they are the Dapol Service agents. They said retrofitting lightbars into an Autocoach is a simple task, they have them in stock if anyone wants to order (well they did back in November when I spoke to them). They also stocked the DCC decoder that Dapol used if anyone wanted to do both. Hope that helps some one? Rich 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pauliebanger Posted January 18, 2020 Share Posted January 18, 2020 DCC Supplies are the appointed service agents for Dapol, so it's probably them. Paul 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold MarshLane Posted January 18, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 18, 2020 6 minutes ago, pauliebanger said: DCC Supplies are the appointed service agents for Dapol, so it's probably them. Paul Thanks Paul - thats the ones ... couldn't remember their name for the life of me! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brossard Posted January 18, 2020 Share Posted January 18, 2020 My thoughts exactly. I will have to consult my friend who is the owner. John Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dreadnought05 Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 I bought the DCC fitted with light bar version. Coach lights work fine (although operate under function 1 rather than 0) and according the pamphlet, there should be a cab light under function 9 but can't for the life of me find it. Also can't seem to change 'loco' address, it just stays on 3. Anyone had any luck? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
34theletterbetweenB&D Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 1 hour ago, Dreadnought05 said: ... Also can't seem to change 'loco' address, it just stays on 3. Anyone had any luck? Most (all?) DCC systems need a significant load - like a motor - available, in order to change the 'loco' address on progamme track. A small 12V motor temporarily hooked up to the decoder's motor output would do the job. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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