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rugauger		#1 Posted : 16 April 2005 15:32:15(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 19/12/2003(UTC) Posts: 1,205 Location: Swindon, Wiltshire		Hi Having browsed this forum extensively , I see that a number of you have succesfully done conversions to digital using the Hamo permanent magnet. I'm now looking at doing the same (I have a number of older locos where the value does not justify the cost of a 6090x conversion set). Questions: <ul><li>Can you confirm that it generally works OK for LFCM, but SFCM can turn out either good or bad?</li><li>What decoders did you use? For those of you who have used different decoders, which one do you prefer?</li></ul> Thanks!
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jorge_vilarrubi		#2 Posted : 16 April 2005 16:29:56(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 15/12/2003(UTC) Posts: 655 Location: Buenos Aires,		Hi Richard, I have a couple SFCM Loks with Hamo magnets, I've installed Lenz130 decoders and they work ok. In the past, I've had several LFCM Loks with Lenz130 working ok too, but now I have all of them converted to DC motors with the 60904 motor parts, however I've kept the Lenz130 decoders and they work fine. Regards,
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Lars Westerlind		#3 Posted : 16 April 2005 17:25:04(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 19/10/2001(UTC) Posts: 2,379 Location: Lindome, Sweden		Funny, I've also had success with some LE130, which are no longer produced. And DCC of course. Nowadays I would try a LokPilot, as the feedback circuit characgteristrics is programmable; however, I have not done any conversion for years. /Lars
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rschaffr		#4 Posted : 16 April 2005 21:14:45(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 03/01/2003(UTC) Posts: 5,180 Location: Southern New Jersey, USA		I did a few with the Lenz 930 and the SFCM and LFCM's. The decoder was OK, but I was never satisfied with the perfomance of the 3 pole motor in DC. For some reason it seems to run smooter in AC. As soon as you convert it it gets jerky. I have replaced them with 60903 or 60904 kits. LokPilot is a nice device, but I have no experience with one with a 3 pole motor. I always convert to 5 pole when I do a conversion.
		-Ron Digital, Epoch IV-V(K-track/CS3/6021Connect/60216051), Epoch III(C-track/6021/6036/6051) http://www.sem-co.com/~rschaffr/trains/trains.html
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Sander van Wijk		#5 Posted : 16 April 2005 22:54:37(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 20/04/2003(UTC) Posts: 2,248 Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands; Göteborg, Sverige,		I personally have tried it a few times, with more than one different decoders, the Lenz 130 worked best. But I consider the 60903,60904 to be a better and much smoother solution.
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pat		#6 Posted : 17 April 2005 16:11:32(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 06/01/2004(UTC) Posts: 913 Location: The Central Coast		I have done 2 LFCM'S with hamo magnet with no worries a 3097+3094they run fine.(only 3 pole) and I just put a uhlenbrock75200 in a 3003 from 1959 (sfcm)with good results,
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