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DCC Decoder Tester?
« on: August 13, 2012, 09:28:10 PM »
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Ive been thinking since I have a bunch of locos still waiting for decoders I might invest in a Decoder tester. Im looking for a recommendation  for a decoder tester thanks.

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Re: DCC Decoder Tester?
« Reply #1 on: August 13, 2012, 09:42:50 PM »
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Funny, I have been contemplating making one myself. I already bought some spring loaded clips with test leads attached. I already have spare motors, light bulbs (and as an alternative LEDs and resistors). All I have to do is to put it all together in a box.

That's all you would need.  You might want to consider just building one yourself.  It would be as difficult as installing a wired decoder in some locomotive, as it is basically a locomotive without the running gear (motor and couple of headlights and few extra lights if you want to be able to test more functions than F0F and F0R).
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Re: DCC Decoder Tester?
« Reply #2 on: August 14, 2012, 04:38:37 AM »
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I made one years ago similar to the old Loy's Toys tester. I also have an NCE tester. Find myself going to the homebuilt one mainly because it has spring clip terminals. Need a screwdriver with the NCE tester. Other ten that the NCE unit works well and the price is reasonable.

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Re: DCC Decoder Tester?
« Reply #3 on: August 19, 2012, 03:18:07 PM »
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I  have the ESU   tester excellent with a speaker for sound tests would recomend it highly not cheap  but it's paid for itself in the time i've had it.

http://www.esu.eu/en/products/decoder-tester/