Can anyone recommend a 6pin stay alive decoder for a Bachmann 03?

[cheekychops]

Can anyone recommend a 6pin stay alive decoder for a Bachmann 03?

 

Or do you need to fit these items separately?

 

Many thanks

Edited June 7, 2021 by cheekychops
Ancillary question

[WIMorrison]

You fit them separately

[smokebox]

Some decoders are designed to have a stay alive added easily, some aren't and you may then need to do some rather fine soldering to the decoder pcb.

[cheekychops]

Thanks both, I found this article;

 

https://www.coastaldcc.co.uk/installnotes/Bachmann/class03/

 

Fine soldering is OK

 

Thanks

 

 

[jamest]

Hi,

 

This is a co-incidence - I've recently tried to chip my 03 with a simple 6 pin chip (it is DCC ready and not factory sound fitted). The running is not great - I realise it can be other things but I think I should have got a chip with stay alive catered for.

 

I was looking last night and saw a DCC concepts Zen decoder with wires pre-soldered to the chip and a little capacitor supplied. I believe the number is DCD-ZN6D.

 

It seems reasonably priced at around 20 quid - has anyone got experience of this chip in a similar situation?

 

Regards,

James

[rogerdee]

I have a couple of these decoders and they work well with or without the stay alive. The trouble I found was the stay alive is quite big , I wanted one for my fairbourne 264t but this was away to big. I now have a Zimo 616f mini decoder with a stay alive kit from you choos to fit which is a lot smaller.

 

[curlypaws]

We fitted a TCS KA2 stay alive to our Bachmann Class 03. It transformed it from a locomotive which could barely run on straight track to one that could quite happily crawl over an Insulfrog double slip. I was very impressed with TCS and their level of service.