Sound Installation in Bachmann Doodlebug

[micsweeney]

Hello all,

I have the DCC ready version of the Bachmann Union Pacific Doodlebug. I would like to know if anybody out there has installed a DCC sound chip in one. If so, which one did you use. Thank you in advance for your response to this question.

Mick Sweeney

[pdlethbridge]

Hi Mike, I did a decoder install in a doodlebug and it was easy. It wasn't sound but a Digitrax dh123 decoder. Works like a charm. There is lots of room for a speaker but its placement should be planned out so you can't see it through the windows.

[rich1998]

litchfield station has the loksound decoders for this  loco. contact them.
they do answer email. i buy all my decoders from them.
by the way, the chips are on the decoder.
the company is esu. scroll down the page and click on esu and loksound.
i use the loksound micro decoders.
below is a photo of the loksound micro decoder possibilities with a reference to this loco.



below is a photo of the motor current for this loco.  0.6amps locked rotor that i doubt you will eve see. 0.2amps running.
the loksound micro is good for 0.5amps. i use it in a single motor 44 ton ho spectrum that has 0.3 amps running current.



the speaker should fit in the shell. it fits in my 44 ton up inside the shell with a plastic baffle around it.

lex

[rich1998]

someone sent me this photo of the speaker and baffle that i used for my install. the whole thing is 16mm X 25 mm.



below is a link on how to easily convert metric to our measurements. i use this link a lot.

http://www.worldwidemetric.com/metcal.htm

lex