Digitrax DH165LO for Lifelike P2K locos
Posted: Mon Mar 02, 2015 7:34 pm
Thought I would share this with you.
Digitrax make a decoder especially for P2K locos such as the GP60 and SD60/SD60M, the DH165LO. It has resisitors on board for the F0 function which is brilliant. It is meant to be plug and play - it is not! It is not because once installed the headlights front and rear operate as commanded but the loco will not power up. Loco works great with analogue light board in, forward and reverse. Works on analogue with decoder fitted in forward only but not at all in DCC. The answer to the problem is on Digitrax own website - the decoder has a current limiter and the bulb lighting the n umber boards sucks all the juice. See: http://www.digitrax.com/tsd/KB891/lifel ... -problems/
Simple solution is to remove that light altogether leaving the headlights in place. Hey presto - it now works. Only problem was I fried one decoder getting to the answer and an operating GP60!
Mike Arnold
Digitrax make a decoder especially for P2K locos such as the GP60 and SD60/SD60M, the DH165LO. It has resisitors on board for the F0 function which is brilliant. It is meant to be plug and play - it is not! It is not because once installed the headlights front and rear operate as commanded but the loco will not power up. Loco works great with analogue light board in, forward and reverse. Works on analogue with decoder fitted in forward only but not at all in DCC. The answer to the problem is on Digitrax own website - the decoder has a current limiter and the bulb lighting the n umber boards sucks all the juice. See: http://www.digitrax.com/tsd/KB891/lifel ... -problems/
Simple solution is to remove that light altogether leaving the headlights in place. Hey presto - it now works. Only problem was I fried one decoder getting to the answer and an operating GP60!
Mike Arnold