Using the Electric RR Beep Commander
and Sound Commander
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American
Models
GG-1
TMCC
Conversion
Using
the
Electric
RR
Beep
Commander
and
Sound
Commander
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on
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The
American
Models
GG-1
is
one
of
my
favorite
Locos.
I
wanted
to
convert
it
to
TMCC
for
some
time
but
did
not
want
to
loose
it's
unique
original
sounds.
With
the
introduction
of
the
Electric
RR's
new
GG-1
Sound
Commander
board
now
I
could
do
it. At the left is the original unit and it's electronics. |
| The installation was one of the easier conversions to do as there is adequate room to work with. The control electronics are at one end and the sound board at the other. |  |
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The
Beep
Commander
and
Lionel
R2LC
receiver
are
mounted
vertically
and
there
is
zero
clearance
between
the
shell
so
it
took
a
bit
of
tinkering
to
come
up
with
a
simple
way
to
mount
and
not
add
to
the
height.
The Program/Run switch is mounted in the chassis. The Red wire is used as the Antenna. |
| I
took
advantage
of
the
extra
threaded
posts
on
the
power
trucks
to
electrically
bond
the
power
trucks
to
the
chassis
by
adding
a
couple
of
nuts
and
flex
wire.
The motor has a filter capacitor added across it's connections. |
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Here is the rear power truck with the added nuts on the extra post that I used to make the common connections to the chassis. |
| I made a simple bracket from .032" aluminum that uses the triac mounting holes to support the board. It also serves as a heatsink for extra cooling. No insulators are needed. |  |
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The
Sound
Commander
is
mounted
on
top
of
the
original
speaker
with
double
sided
foam
tape.
The
wiring
to
the
Beep
Commander
board
has
to
be
extended
in
length
from
the
wiring
provided.
The volume of sounds are more than adequate. I run them at the low end of the setting. |
| The
wiring
is
not
hard
to
do
with
the
screw
terminals
and
provided
connectors. The Beep Commander I used is a first generation version. The one being sold now is version 2 and is has fullwave output but should work as well. For
more
information
see: I have a few of the early version Beep Commander boards available. Contact me if you need one at carl@tuveson.com |
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