I have a TCS T-1 (older install) into a Kato powered Stewart F3. I was having trouble with it stalling at the club last couple of times I ran it. Did a little messing around with it today (easier when I could hear what it was doing better) and what I found was it would run a minute then stall and buzz. you could hit reverse and silent for maybe a second then buzz. Sometimes it might just suddenly take off. I tested it on DC and it would actually run but then might stall and buzz. Very erratic- almost has a mind of it's own as to when to respond. (It is not a wheel or track contact issue- both clean- it has also been lubed) The decoder will read and program. Just to check I slipped in a Digitrax 126 and it seemed normal. So I am going to try a reset and see if that does anything- Any other thoughts or possible solutions? The only other thing out of the ordinary (but shouldn't affect it) was the bulb is burned out. I suspect it is a bad decoder.
Is your club layout DC or DCC? Runaways are usually due to a decoder that has dual-mode activated. Add "1" to the value of CV29 and see if that doesn't help. Even if you do do a reset of the decoder, I would still deactivate dual-mode - i.e. unless your club layout is DC.
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Time...It marches on...without ever turning around to see if anyone is even keeping in step.
Well Tried the reset nothing worked- still stalled. Running slower on certain parts of my layout. On a whim I tried replacing the burned out bulb. Come to think about it that happened about the time it started having issues. Well it runs normally now......... Weird but good.....