Kato 20-210 double turnout decoder

[stb]

With all my Kato points I've used the Gaugemaster Dcc31 decoder. When I tried to use it with my Kato 20-210 double crossover it went up in smoke....literally, twice. Is this because the crossover has four motors and is drawing too much current for the little decoder to handle?

 

Trevor

[katoftw]

4 decoders all set to same address?

[kvp]

Possible solutions:

-larger current capacity decoder

-4 small decoders directly wired to the 4 coils

-2 monostable repeater relays (one for each direction, with series diodes so only one gets activated)

[inobu]

Is this because the crossover has four motors and is drawing too much current for the little decoder to handle?

 

Trevor

yes

[westfalen]

I have used an NCE Switchkat decoder with a double crossover.

[Vato]

Hi

Use NCE Switchkat decoder, works great (using on the two crossovers with no problems)