Yes, it goes in stead of the field coil in M* motors. The advantage is you have a wider choice of decoders (and better running characterics as I read). There are also decoders for motors with a field coil.

Dale:

Great tutorial.

A quick question for you. Where is a good place to get ESU decoders online from US Vendors? Also, do you know how well the ESU decoders operate with the MS1?

Thanks.

No, it is not necessary to replace the armature or the motor shield. The HAMO permanent-magnet stators are designed to work with the factory-supplied three-pole armatures and the factory-supplied motor shields.

Strictly speaking, the original motor is a series-wound "universal" motor that will run either on ac or dc... not merely on ac. A 24-volt pulse is necessary to activate the reversing unit. If the Loko is fed with dc, simply flipping the polarity of the dc fed to the track will not cause the motor to reverse the direction of rotation.

The Hamo loco's were Marklin loco's for the two rail DC market. All marklin did was take their original AC loco and modify it to work on two rail DC. In terms of the motor, all that was required was to remove the field coils and install a permanent magnet.
Because these magnets were fitted to the Hamo loco's they have become known as Hamo magnets.

If you fit a lokpilot decoder to your loco it can run with either the original AC motor with its field magnet/coils, or it can run with a DC motor and provide load regulation through the back EMF circuitry (not available with AC motors).

For the small increase in cost of putting in the Hamo magnet you get a considerable improvement in the performance of your loco, hence the reason that most people fit them.
It is simple to install them, and you can reuse all the other existing motor components.

The lokpilot seems to be the standard as far as retro-fit decoders are concerned, and provide performance for a reasonable price. The version produced for Marklin loco's is 100% compatible with all marklin controllers, including analogue.

Cheers....

Mike.

www.eurolokshop.com sell ESU decoders at a good price. Also try www.ajckids.com

The decoders will operate to the same level of performance with a MS1 as they would with a CS1/CS2/MS2/Ecos, et all.

Installing a HAMO magnet and decoder is good and relatively cheap way to convert a loco to digital running, and gives good running characteristics. For even better running, a full 5 pole motor conversion is required, but this obviously costs more.

One thing hasn't been mentioned although in previous topics.
a.) buying a digital loco
b.) buying an anlaog loco.
When buying an analog loco there are several options one has to be aware of: a.) motor type, Märklin has or had, mainly 3 different of motors, 1.) large flat 3 pole, small flat 3 pole, drum 3 pole.
Each motor type needs a different hamo (permanent) magnet.
Buying an analog loco and converting it, other considerations have to be considered.
a.) the type of decoder, Märklin, ESU or other brands, sound decoder or lokpilots, 8 pin socket or 21 pin interface decoder. there are also 21 pin adapter plates, 8 pin wire harness.
the last 2 will give you a ready plug and play, remove the decoder and replace it with another one without re-soldering all the joints again.

There is a website for ESU: http://www.esu.eu/en/news/

It may help to understand the various options available to you.

John

Keep in mind that there are 3 types of standard Marklin AC motors, each of which requires a different type of magnet / motor conversion kit.

See https://www.marklin-user...aspx?g=posts&t=10807 for details and part numbers.

60760 is temporarily not in stock at the factory, but many dealers will have stock, and no doubt will soon be available again from the factory.