Silver Locomotive decoder
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Some advice on installing the decoder:
Although the SILVER decoder has many internal safeguards to prevent damage, you
must not allow any metal part of the locomotive to touch the surface components of the
decoder. This could cause a direct internal short circuit and the decoder will be
destroyed.
The motor brushes MUST also be completely isolated from the rail
pickup
. Achieving isolation may require some different approaches on different
locomotives, perhaps unsoldering wires or placing a thin piece of insulating plastic
between the motor and the locomotive frame. If you have a VOM, check for infinite
resistance between the motor and all the wheels. Take special note that a short might
occur when the loco body is reinstalled.
DO NOT WRAP decoder with electrical tape or shrink wrap!
Doing so will impede air circulation and degrade the performance of the decoder.
Instead, put electrician tape over any part of the locomotive frame or body that might
touch the decoder and use double sided foam mounting tape to mount the decoder.
This will prevent short circuits without 'suffocating' the decoder.
The SILVER decoder can not be set up for simultaneous use for 2-rail pickup and
overhead cantenary or trolley operation. If the locomotive is turned the wrong way, the
decoder could get twice the track voltage, which would destroy it!
Wiring Options
There are two wiring options for installing the SILVER, depending on how the
locomotive is constructed. The functions could be connected with their common to the
decoders floating common (blue wire) as shown below or one rail can be used as a
common. A mixture of both options is also possible.
Motor
A
C
D
B
F
Orange
Grün
Green
Vert
Violett
Purple
Violet
Grau
Grey
Gris
Rot
Red
Rouge
Schwarz
Black
Noir
Weiß
White
Blanc
Gelb
Yellow
Jaune
Blau
Blue
Bleu
F
If the bulbs for the directional headlights are floating (isolated against wheel pick up
and chassis) and connected according to above figure, they will shine brighter
