https://blog.model-train-help.com/2013/11/mixing-dc-and-dcc-locos.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mixing-dc-and-dcc-locos Model railroads and model trains Tue, 03 Dec 2013 23:34:41 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://blog.model-train-help.com/2013/11/mixing-dc-and-dcc-locos.html#comment-4849 Tue, 03 Dec 2013 23:34:41 +0000 http://blog.model-train-help.com/?p=2913#comment-4849 You shouldn’t mix dc and DCC loco’s because the dc ones have 16v AC fed to the motor all the time, when you use DCC. They will very quickly overheat and burn out.
If you must run dc, take them off, or park them all in an isolated section, while you used DCC. DCC locos can be programmed to ignore dc, I forget which cv code it is, and I don’t have the reference to hand, but any DCC forum or site will have it on, if it is not in the handbook for your controller.

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