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Hi, Thanks Phil for your reply very much appreciated and understood. Once again thank you Mark

Hi , Can anybody help with my query? I have a large DCC layout that has approximately 50 Insulofrog points ,switched by standard Hornby points and controlled by a simple stud and probe board (points not DCC controlled). I am in the process of changing all the points with Peco Electrofrog points .To keep costs down I would like to use the existing Hornby points and stud and probe system.I understand that on the Peco points it is best to cut the wires under the point to isolate the frog. I was thinking of using the new Gaugemaster DCC80 Frog Juicers to change the polarity and the wiring of that looks straight forward. what I want to know is will all this work with the stud and probe system (it has a gaugemaster capacitor)? Any advice on how to wire it all much appreciated.

Hi , Some photos of my DCC fitted Wickham trolley.The figure are Preiser HO 14084 Industrial Seated Workers x3 and 1 Bachmann Loco figure (too large so legs cropped). The decoder is in the trailer as detailed in previous post ,the covered load is now covered with masking tape painted, matt varnish and the netting is one piece of surgical gauze painted black. The trolley runs incredibly well as I have Insulofrog points and it does not stall unlike some of my small shunters. regards

Sorry for my poor editing in previous post as new to this.I have tried attaching some video footage of the Wickham trolley running but it says my file is too big. However it runs excellently even over my standard Insulofrog points .In one place on my layout I have 5 Insulofrog points in quick succession and it runs over them at low speed without any faltering.Hope this was helpful for anybody considering hard wiring the Wickham to DCC.

Some photos of fitting a chip to the Wickham trolley,in the same style as Darius(so credit to Darius) I have fitted a Gaugemaster DCC22 (Very small loco decoder). All the wiring is to the trailer .Nothing in the Wickham trolley has been touched and it was left connected by the joining wires whilst the conversion was done. I firstly cut the wires to the decoder harness and removed all the wire except red,black,orange grey. These four wires where then shortened by approximately half their length. The motor was removed from the trailer and held by a clamp whilst I connected the grey and orange wires of the decoder to the blue and red wires of the motor. The joins covered with heat shrink. The two pick up wires that come from the trolley into the trailer were then connected to the red and black wires from the decoder. The motor was replaced back in the trailer in the tiny plastic motor holding supports and tested. The chip was covered in heat shrink and once satisfified the chip was positioned on top of the motor and held in place by tape. The plastic covering load was cut (guesstimate) and filed to fit over the motor and chip. The load was then covered by masking tape and then once satisfied coveredin tissue paper to try and get a Tarpaulin effect. I am in the process of painting the load and trying to get some figure to fit .

Thank you, currently on with this project,chip wired and working first time,running ok,hole cut in trailer load,just a few refinements and figures to fix in.When finished photos to follow,many thanks for your help. Kind regards Mark

Hi. This is also my first post.I have been following this topic with interest as I bought a Wickham trolley and am hoping to fit a decoder.I think your conversion is excellent as I was going to fit the DCC chip under the roof in the trolley but did not want all the wires between trolley and trailer. It is a while since I hard wired a loco so could you just explain how you have wired it and have you left the trolley untouched i.e not removed or touched the PCB ? Thanks you for any advice, Mark. Apologies in advance if I have posted in the wrong place or incorrectly.