alfarich156 Posted January 20, 2013 Share Posted January 20, 2013 Hi, I bought a blue Bachmann Deltic today at a toy and train fair, the box is marked DCC fitted which the vendor confirmed. He also confirmed that locos with a chip will run fine on good old 12v DC....Please advise. Although I'd love the sound part of DCC , my financies and the number of old elderly locos I have make this way out of my price bracket. Cheers Rich Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
royaloak Posted January 20, 2013 Share Posted January 20, 2013 They normally run okay as long as you dont have HF track cleaner in the circuit, these can blow the chips so itf you have a HF track cleaner you will need to disconnect it or fit a blanking plate in the loco. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Dagworth Posted January 20, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 20, 2013 Yes decoder fitted locos will work on DC if they have it enabled in the decoder. DC opereration can be switched off by decoder settings. Not all DC controllers are suitable for operation of DCC fitted locos, might be better to tell us what your controller is, and as Royaloak has said, high frequency track cleaners (Relco and similar) will destroy the decoder immediately. Andi Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brittannia Posted January 20, 2013 Share Posted January 20, 2013 You do not say if you are intending to stay with DC,if so you may as well take the DCC chip out and fit a blanking plug,Bachmann issue one with their DCC fitted Locos,then sell the decoder Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Sheep Posted January 20, 2013 Share Posted January 20, 2013 as Brittannia has said, it should be possible to remove the chip and fit the blanking plate, it's a fairly easy job to do, even more so if the instructions for chipping the loco are in the box, if not I'm sure they'll be around somewhere. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
alfarich156 Posted January 20, 2013 Author Share Posted January 20, 2013 Thanks guys, I'm running ancient H&M controllers and Relcos, so the chip'll be coming out..eventually but definately before shes run. Rich Hill Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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