A U-boat, short for Unterseeboot (German for "undersea boat"), is a term for German submarines, especially those used...
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A U-boat, short for Unterseeboot (German for "undersea boat"), is a term for German submarines, especially those used...
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The blanking plate is a small circuit board that manufacturers add to the DCC socket to protect the socket that your DCC chip will go in. The blanking plate will need to be removed before the DCC chip can be inserted to allow you to run on a DCC layout.
It also creates a connexion to allow the locomotive to be used on an analogue layout.
When the blanking plate is removed you will not be able to run the locomotive at all. You need to either have a DCC chip or a blanking plate fitted for the engine to work.
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