Keep alive for a Bachmann 36-558A decoder

[rva1945]

Hi:

This 2-8-0 loco stalled on almost every frog. So I added a keep alive, it is located inside the luggage car and wired to the decoder which is installed inside the tender. With "just" 30000uF, the results are positive, it runs very smoothly.

It was relatively easy to find the rectifier bridge in the decoder, though soldering was another story:
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(yes it is just 13mm long)
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Then after soldering the other 4 wires (rail pick ups and motor) I insulated everything with epoxy.

The 3 10000uF capacitors, wired in parallel and with the mandatory resistor and diode are located inside the carriage car:
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Keep alive devices are hard (and expensive) here, but this home made one seems to do the job:

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[MK]

Are those big caps or are you happy to see me?   

[rva1945]

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[peteski]

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It is a silly American joke based on a line from an old movie.  As an immigrant myself it took me years to understand this type of jokes and all the wonderful American puns.

I like what you did. If there is enough room inside a model (or put the caps in a larger car) then this solution is less expensive than using the Super Caps.