uncoupling

Model Railroader Electronics and DCC
1

Hi,I´m Christian from Germany,

is there any problem with uncoupler like kadee 321 and DCC controlled trains(exspecially sound decoders)? I hear from problems of the uncoupler and the speakers?

Thanks in advance!

2

Hi Christian

I do not have the Kaydees uncoupler but I do have some magnets from Radio Shack under the tracks for uncoupling and have had no problems with DCC or sound decoders.

Pete

3

I’ve never heard or experienced any problems. The Kadee 321 is basically a magnet that sits in the rails. The only thing I can imagine happening is if someone installed a magnetic reed reset switch or something in the very bottom of a locomotive.

4

I have Kadee permanent magnets (between the rails) and a Kadee electromagnet. I have no problems with DCC at all.

5

The only way I can think of that a Kadee uncoupling magnet may become a problem is if you let a sound-equipped locomotive with the speaker in the fuel tank sit over a Kadee magnet for an extended period of time (like months or a year) the speaker magnet, or the Kadee magnet, may be weakened. But this scenario is unlikely to ever happen. Even if a Kadee magnet could distort the sound as the locomotive passes over it, this would be imperceptible to your ears.