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Are they any good ?
Has anyone got any experience of the Lais range of DCC products ?I have ordered a Lais 21 pin to 8 pin adapter for peanuts to run an Oxford Rail J27 on one of my spare Zimo MX 600R decoders.
Am I risking anything to either my loco or my decoder ?
I could buy a Lais 21 pin decoder very cheaply but prefer to stick with Zimo.
The plan is to fit sound but as yet, I can't decide whose project to buy - Youchoos or Digitrains. Each of their online "guides" seem to require some butchery to the loco or decoder neither of which will happen "Chez Petermac" ………….
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I've used a few on older Hornby and Lima locos with reasonable results. Some say they are cheap rubbish, some say they are good cheap Chips, I think it depends on what you are using them for. I may be lucky but out of 20 ? 30 ? I've used for me, and other people I've hard wired them for I've had one fail and that was MY fault. I've NOT used their Harness but think I will in the future as it makes swapping out chips less of a hassle for minimal extra cost. . . Actually thinking about it I HAVE fitted a harness for my brother who I think then put in a Hornby generic chip, that was over two years ago and I've not heard he's had any problems with it. I know a few people who have used their stay alives as well
Quality of the chips, wired or straight plug in seems fine
Cheers
Matt
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I'll stick with basic decoders from recognized manufacturers.
Nigel
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Petermac - do you mean the adapter or decoder - 2 different things ?Has anyone got any experience of the Lais range of DCC products ?
I have ordered a Lais 21 pin to 8 pin adapter for peanuts to run an Oxford Rail J27 on one of my spare Zimo MX 600R decoders.
The adapter is purely a means of using a 8 pin decoder on a DCC ready loco that has a 21 pin socket
Ron
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It was indeed the adapter I was mainly asking about because I've already ordered one.
It was then that I noticed their decoder prices so thought I'd ask about the overall product quality.
'Petermac
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Ron
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