Adam_W

22 hours ago, Scrooge said:

Hi Adam,

Thanks for the information. My sound fitted class 14 arrived yesterday and I have spent today playing with it. I was getting worried when I found it would not move on DC but had sound. Everything worked fine on DCC. You have saved me an email to Minerva as I am just getting started in O gauge and DCC.

 

Is it just me or has anybody else noted that the head code numbers supplied seem a bit large for the glass? I presume an 8Vxx may have been a typical code.

 

The headcodes will fit but you do need to cut them very close to the edges of the numbers (i.e. almost touching) and chamfering the outer corners helps a bit. I stuck them to the back of the 'glass' using double sided tape otherwise they deformed. A firm press held them in place without any glue . Some of them are deliberately wonky as this is how they looked in almost every photo I have seen. 

I found that my sound fitted class 14 wouldn't operate on DC straight from the box. The sounds would ramp up with voltage but there was no movement from the motor. Same issue occurred with a second example passed to me for numbering. Both operate fine on DCC. I found that changing CV13 from 19 (as supplied) to 1 fixed the issue and allows it to run on DC with sound operational. Setting CV 13 to 0 will allow operation on DC without sound. Hope this helps anyone experiencing similar issues.

Also good to see that the stay alive works on DC as well as DCC. 

Thanks

Adam