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[quote user="rrinker"] It is possible for it to be a short, since the entire motor shaft and gear train will shift one way or the other under hard starts and stops - although if there is that much play in the gears, it will do it under even moderate acceleration, and even slow acceleration if there is a decent sized train hooked up. <div style="clear:both;"></div> [/quote] Is this common enough that two different locomotives (the GP15s were not on the property the last time this was happening in March - the locomotives in question were a Proto 2000 GP7 and two Atlas B40-8s, all with DCC, no sound) could have this same problem, with slow acceleration and a heavy train? [quote user="hobo9941"] Walking zeros, or walking ones, doesn't make much difference. If you are drawing too much power, it would appear the same as a short to the Zephyr. All my locos have sound, and I can run four. When I try to run five, the power cuts out intermidantly. If I run the passenger train with lights in it, three locos are the limit. Somehow, you are exceeding the limits of the Zephyr system. [/quote] This is contrary to what everyone else has told me so far, except the other two operators who told me the exact same thing after experiencing the problem...who should I be listening to? --------------------------- What I really want to know is - can a sudden change in current draw fool the Zephyr into thinking there's a short? Or is it a short inside an overstrained locomotive mechanism?
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