The orange D10 from LGB was one of my first conversions ever. Until recently, it still housed the first operational prototype of the CTC locomotive module from 2013:
The conversion to a current CTC-Lokmodul-G was quickly accomplished:
- Connect the cables coming from the current collectors and wheels and sliders to Track-A and Track-B.
- Connect the motor to Mo1+ and Mo1-.
- Connect the support capacitor (positive pole to VBB, negative pole to GND).
- Connect the two retrofitted LEDs of the front lighting to SW1 and VBB or SW2 and VBB.
- Connect the NFC reader, already used in the prototype, to the four designated screw terminals.
The configuration of the CTC-Lokmodul-G is almost done: Only the second motor had to be deleted, and the lighting replaced by driving lights with 2 lamps at the front.
TODO Describe configuration details
Separate the current collector from the motor
A large part of the conversion, as with all old LGB locomotives, is separating the motor from the current collector, which, by the way, would also be necessary when upgrading to a digital decoder.
For this documentation, I followed the steps on my second (yellow) D10.
In contrast to the conversion of my old Stainz, the motor block could be opened from below:
Using a multimeter, you can determine which of the two current collectors is connected to the motor. The corresponding copper wire is cut with a side cutter:
Then solder a cable (green here) to the copper wire and thread it up:
The existing three connections of the motor block and the new cable are sufficient for connecting the CTC-Lokmodul-G:
TODO Assign cable colors
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- CTC-Module (10) ,
- Umsteigen (10)