08-30-2010, 10:31 AM
I am not sure shoehorning is the correct word here. LOL.
You will have to plan well and make good use of what space you have to work with.
That is why I stated that you may need to use the Tsunami TSU-750 series decoder. The problem with the 750 is it will only support 3/4's of an amp for a motor load. So you need to make sure that the amp draw is 750 MA or lower on your motors. The next problem is where to put a capacitor. The Tsunami's require a cap to make them work well. The 220 Uf cap that comes with the decoder is quite large and takes up a lots of room. I have been using surface mount capacitors hooked up in parallel to save room. Sometimes when you use two surface mount caps you can find room in two smaller places and get these wired up. Without the capacitor you will faced with the stopping and restarting of the locomotive every time you hit a small piece of dirt on the track or when the locomotive crosses a insulated frog.
Have a good plan in place and work slow.
Good luck on your project.
You will have to plan well and make good use of what space you have to work with.
That is why I stated that you may need to use the Tsunami TSU-750 series decoder. The problem with the 750 is it will only support 3/4's of an amp for a motor load. So you need to make sure that the amp draw is 750 MA or lower on your motors. The next problem is where to put a capacitor. The Tsunami's require a cap to make them work well. The 220 Uf cap that comes with the decoder is quite large and takes up a lots of room. I have been using surface mount capacitors hooked up in parallel to save room. Sometimes when you use two surface mount caps you can find room in two smaller places and get these wired up. Without the capacitor you will faced with the stopping and restarting of the locomotive every time you hit a small piece of dirt on the track or when the locomotive crosses a insulated frog.
Have a good plan in place and work slow.
Good luck on your project.