Hornby Class25 - wired backwards (progress update)
I recently bought 2nd hand a DCC ready R2121A Class 25. It runs fine except that it has been wired up backwards so needs the controller slider switch set the opposite way round to all my other locos. It has a lot of extra electrical gubbins and circuit boards inside so I am assuming that makes it DCC ready although the layout it will run on is traditional analogue.
If I do the obvious analogue fix of just swapping the black and red wires over at the pick-up points on the bogies and w
As you can see it has a sort of electronics processor (DCC controller? decoder) plus an 8 pin plug which I assume is what the loco specific chip would go on if it was DCC chipped goes into a socket on a DCC ready loco. (Blanking plug needed for DC/analogue running) This section updated due to more knowledge on 17th March.
The visible side of the motor is red connected as is the pick up on the bogie wheel this side. Black is connected to the motor frame. The suppressor(?) has the oran