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Hornby OO SR Schools Class

Hornby SR Schools Class with Zimo Sound

Kit: MX645R; SugarCube24X15X08-2W; SuperCap17000uF

The ever-handsome Schools Class, this excellent Hornby model has been renamed from "Wellington" to "Epson" by TMC, and here we'll add DCC Sound and Stay-Alive into the tender.

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Top off the tender reveals the 8pin DCC socket. We remove the supression component which is not necessary under DCC and can cause motor control problems if left in.

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Since we want to add the SuperCap for stay-alive, we need to remove the 8pin socket, hard-wire the decoder, and place the SuperCap where the socket started out.

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With the SuperCap loosely in place, we measure up for speaker size, trying the tender top to make sure it goes in vertically. A dual SugarCube 24X15X08-2W is the best fit for the space.

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The decoder has its' function wires trimmed, as we're not adding any lighting, and we simply connect the red+black wires to the pickups, orange+grey to the motor wires, purples to the speaker, and finally the grey+blue from the other end directly to the SuperCap.

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Metal weight back in, all secured down, and all fits a treat, without having to cut any plastic either!

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