I am in the process of slowly converting to DCC, however I have several older locos that only get dragged out once in a while and I can't really justify £200 for decoders.
I was planning on fitting sockets into these locos so they could share one or two tiny Zimo decoders, so does anybody have a good supply for suitable standard sockets please?
(Yes I know that I will have re-programme them for each loco, there is software for that. :-) )
(Yes a severely hacked about old Joeuef Decauville loco will run quite nicely with a decoder, even better with Tramfabriek motor upgrade, but I haven't done that to mine yet :-) )
Hello Stephen - this is my first post on any Forum! But I thought it might be helpful to mention that I have fitted a number of Ho/Hom locos with standard sockets.
I presume you are looking for a NEM651 6pin socket? May I suggest you look at either ESU or LENZ sockets. The LENZ sockets have been readily available in the UK with wires attached; for BEMO Hom I usually remove the wires and solder directly to the Printed cct thereby allowing an ESU LS 5 to be plugged in directly. However, in that instance I have had the 'luxury' of a fairly spacious Hom body within which to fit it!!
ESU produce a number of different sockets oriented on the NEXT 18 LS Micro but I suspect this might be to big for your purpose. LENZ and ESU websites will provide the appropriate 'GEN'.
Hope that is of help DB