Plux22 sound decoder & stay alive

[PjKing1]

Hi, I’ve recently very easily fitted a couple of Train-O-Matic stay alive’s to Legomanbiffo v5 decoders, but how easy is it to fit a stay alive to the new Plux22 sound decoders that are in the new Bachmann class 47’s?  And where would the stay alive connect to?

 

Thanks in advance 

 

Paul 

[Nigelcliffe]

Two options -  

 

if fitting a two-wire stay-alive with its own charge/discharge circuitry, then the decoder positive and decoder ground are on the PLUX socket, so you can fit it to the loco-side of things.  

 

If fitting a three-wire stay-alive, then read the ESU manual.  It details how to attach to the decoder.   I think it should present the capacitor control wire to the PLUX socket, but that detail is far from obvious. 

 

 

- Nigel

Edited July 4, 2022 by Nigelcliffe

[PjKing1]

Thanks Nigel