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Kisatchie

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Is It Hard to Add a Decoder to a Lifelike SW9/1200?
« on: February 15, 2016, 09:39:41 PM »
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I'm looking at a Lifelike N scale Sw9/1200 on eBay. How hard is it to add a decoder? I wouldn't do it, for sure!


Hmm... I'd use a crowbar...

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Re: Is It Hard to Add a Decoder to a Lifelike SW9/1200?
« Reply #1 on: February 15, 2016, 09:52:56 PM »
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http://n-scale-dcc.blogspot.com/search/label/Loco%3A%20Life%20Like%20SW9%2F1200

I have one of my own to do, and possibly one or two for @Blazeman  to work on.  Hopefully the smoke detector won't go off  :facepalm:
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Re: Is It Hard to Add a Decoder to a Lifelike SW9/1200?
« Reply #2 on: February 15, 2016, 10:07:39 PM »
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Looks like I'll pass on the SW9/1200. It would probably cost more than the loco just to have a decoder installed. Ouch.


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be unconscious. I hope I
didn't kill him...

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Two scientists create a teleportation ray, and they try it out on a cricket. They put the cricket on one of the two teleportation pads in the room, and they turn the ray on.
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Re: Is It Hard to Add a Decoder to a Lifelike SW9/1200?
« Reply #3 on: February 15, 2016, 11:19:12 PM »
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I've been really tempted to look for cheap MTL SW1500s and use them to more easily decoderize them.
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Re: Is It Hard to Add a Decoder to a Lifelike SW9/1200?
« Reply #4 on: February 16, 2016, 12:03:53 AM »
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I did one.  Only took me three tries to get it right (!)  First two times it ran backwards (when on DC).
I used the Digitrax decoder sold for the MT SW1500.  I don't recommend that one if you are to to run the locomotive on DC sometimes.
[ adding a little more ]  The installation was more than a little fiddly - getting the board to sit in the frame and make proper contact took a little doing. My experience might be specific to the Digitrax decoder.

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I'm sorry Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that.

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Re: Is It Hard to Add a Decoder to a Lifelike SW9/1200?
« Reply #5 on: February 16, 2016, 12:28:23 AM »
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You could get an NW2. That has a drop in.
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Re: Is It Hard to Add a Decoder to a Lifelike SW9/1200?
« Reply #6 on: February 16, 2016, 03:11:35 PM »
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Quote from: Upstate Gator on February 16, 2016, 12:28:23 AM
You could get an NW2. That has a drop in.
Ben

Thanks! I'll look into that. I see Brooklyn Locomotive Works has some in stock.


Hmm... bet they sell out
before Kiz orders one...

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Re: Is It Hard to Add a Decoder to a Lifelike SW9/1200?
« Reply #7 on: February 16, 2016, 05:59:54 PM »
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Use the TCS decoder in the Kato NW2 way better performance than the Digitrax decoder.

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