Bill: The motor in the U33 is DC, they all are, and it is surprisingly powerful and quite capable of very low speed running. In my case, after I installed the scale wheel sets; I unsoldered the 4 pick up wires (all wheel pick up); cut the motor leads and removed all the TMCC electronics, which takes about 30 minutes. I then reattached the pick up wires to the motor leads and began DC operation.
My practice is to operate on DC for a while to work out any issues and then install DCC. Sam McCoy followed the same path and then installed a Tsunami decoder in his U33 with had no issues... Hope that answers your question. If you have specifics, contact me off line. Jim Kindraka --- In [email protected], "Bill Nielsen" <wrangler@...> wrote: > > Will one of the new AF U33c locos run on a hi-rail layout using DC power? If > the answer is yes, will it be locked in only one direction of travel, and/or > will it produce unwanted noises or effects on DC? I'm not sure I want to pay > a premium price for a loco with all kinds of AC electronics that I will only > have to remove, just to run it on my DC layout. My layout has code 148 rail > with closed frog turnouts, so it can run scale or AF flanges, and can run on > DC or DCC power, but not AC, and adding an AC power pack is not an option at > this point. > > Thanks, > Bill in FL > ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
