Stay Alive

Want to make sure your DCC locomotives run without stalling at low speeds? Do you wish that your locomotives could run through points and small dead patches as if it never happened? Look no further than fitting your locomotive with a stay alive capacitor setup.

The larger the capacitance (uF) of the stay alive, the longer your locomotives and accessories will run for when power from the track is interrupted. It is important to check with the decoder you are using whether stay alive can be connected directly, or through the use of a ‘charging circuit’. Some of these stay alive devices contain an internal charging circuit.