04-13-2009, 06:27 PM
My guess is that the resistor is to cut the voltage down for the bulb, not the motor.
Go with an inexpensive but robust decoder (like the NCE D13SR or Digitrax DH123), and you should be OK. And if it does go "poof", you won't have lost much!
Go with an inexpensive but robust decoder (like the NCE D13SR or Digitrax DH123), and you should be OK. And if it does go "poof", you won't have lost much!