as far as I know you need to have special decoders, since the capacitor will provide DC power when the digital signal is removed, and many decoders go into a silly 'braking' mode when they receive DC power. Does the 60760 decoder provide special inputs for such a capacitor? Do you have the polarity correct?

I see no reference in the 60760 manual about connecting capacitors. Where did you connect to?

A capacitor connected across the input to the decoder will just filter out the digital information.

so looks like the 60760 does have the special connection, so how about the polarity and type of capacitor?

Here is an old article by Moritz-BR 365

60760 F1.docx (1,732kb) downloaded 158 time(s).

I have use this buffer with different capacitors depending the space in the loco without any problem

Costas

Sorry, Intruder's link doesn't work for me.

I'll take your word for it that those connections are available, but I don't know if you can actually get the capacitor to work reliably.

Unfortunately the Intruder's site (Saebonet) is not working any more.

Hopefully I have copies of the pages of this magnificent work and I can provide them to any member who is interesting in something from there

Here is the Svens solution to the Alzheimer problem of the 60760

Marklin 3044.docx (2,144kb) downloaded 135 time(s).

This definitely working, but the solution with the diode is even better.

I give this page because I think that Sven all the time want more people to know his work and his achievements.

Costas

Hi Folks,

If you go to :

https://www.marklin-users.net/intruder/

Then click on the "Digital Conversions" area at top lefthand side,

Then click on "Märklin 3044 EA 800"

Within this topic you will find Saebonet's details of fitting the capacitor for "anti - Alzheimer's effect"

My thanks to Svein, may he rest in peace.

Regards,

Philip

The 60760 kit which includes the 60941 motor and the fx decoder is not bad at all at about 30€. The 60941 motor alone costs about 25€...
So with 5 more euro you have a decoder too.

If we look at the decoder of course is not a high end one, but is a programmable MM2 decoder, with F0 for headlights plus F1 as logical function, and F3 as physical (amplified) function.

Some of them have the Alzheimer problem, a minority and from the first productions.

The need of a power pack is very well known for all the decoders, ESU has one, Märklin has announced one, and in many locomotives already Märklin installs power packs at the factory. (Is a small element wrapped in black plastic tube, connected to the decoder with an orange and a violet wire).

So I think that this set or a similar must stay on the market.

Is an excellent solution, to digitize old locos, (30xx, or 31xx) and working very well with the other motor kits 60943 and 60944.

The decoder can also be used as a function decoder to control lights etc.

I really like the set and I never buy 60941 alone, but the 60760 set.

Regards

Costas

I use the 60760 kit extensively to convert my Delta locos, especially those with DCM motors. As an upgrade to a Delta loco the difference in performance improves the loco immensely.

As mentioned by others, you can also use the decoder from the set with the SCFM and LFCM motor kits with good results.

I would like to add that clean tracks will do away with the need for a "stay-alive" capacitor to a certain extent.

Hello Costas,

what a pitty. Märklin raised prices!

The Märklin homepage calls up now for the #60941 30 € and the #60760 43 € (40% more!).

Regards

TEEWolf

Hello Wolf

Have a look at the prices at LokMouseum

https://www.lokmuseum.de

From there I do most of my shopping

Costas

You're talking about Svein's site? Juhan and I both have copies of Svein's site, let me know what to look for and I'll see if I can find it (presumably a diagram for connecting a capacitor).

And I have added it to our site's Links & Downloads page as Svein's Märklin site.

For those of you, who may be unaware of the feature. It can be accessed by clicking on "Site Content" at the top of this page (just under the words "marklin-users.net community | Forum") and then clicking on "Links & Downloads". Svein's link is in the "Personal homepages" section - at the bottom of the page, because it is the newest one.

I have also fixed the Images from Intruder's posts on this page (mentioned earlier in this post) -> https://www.marklin-users.net/forum/posts/t12871-problems-with-60760