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LokSound Select Poor Soldering

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LokSound Select Poor Soldering
Posted by cacole on Wednesday, February 6, 2013 5:41 PM

I have had three out of four LokSound Select 6 AUX Universal Sound decoders, stock number 73400, with the orange motor wire cut or so poorly soldered right at the edge of the board that it broke off during programming or installation.

Are they all this way, or have I just had a batch of lemons?  If they're all this way, I'll switch to a different version.  It seems that the soldering in China is really substandard.

I recently purchased a LokProgrammer and had some of the wires break off or pull loose during programming.

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Posted by rockislandnut on Wednesday, February 6, 2013 5:49 PM

cacole

I have had three out of four LokSound Select 6 AUX Universal Sound decoders, stock number 73400, with the orange motor wire cut or so poorly soldered right at the edge of the board that it broke off during programming or installation.

Are they all this way, or have I just had a batch of lemons?  If they're all this way, I'll switch to a different version.  It seems that the soldering in China is really substandard.

I recently purchased a LokProgrammer and had some of the wires break off or pull loose during programming.

 

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Posted by riogrande5761 on Wednesday, February 6, 2013 7:34 PM

 I recall reading a discussion of the soldering issues with other decoders too ,like MRC sound decoders.

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Posted by tstage on Wednesday, February 6, 2013 7:46 PM

That's why I keep my soldering station, solder, flux, and extra flexible 30 AWG wire handy.

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Posted by rrinker on Wednesday, February 6, 2013 11:18 PM

 Mine seems securely soldered - considering I was flopping it around on my desk with the speaker clip-leaded tot he speker output and the track power clipleaded to my program track so I could program it with the Lokprogrammer.

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Posted by kbkchooch on Thursday, February 7, 2013 8:26 AM

Get a hold of Matt Herman at ESU-Loksound.

Great guy to deal with, and being the US distributor, I'm sure he is going to want to know about this,

You can email him at Matthew.Herman@loksound.com or phone (570) 659-5048

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Posted by locoi1sa on Thursday, February 7, 2013 4:37 PM

The original version 3.5 had an issue too. I have 5 Select decoders that have had no issues. It is too bad they did away with the 9 pin JST plug on the Aux6. Also too bad they discontinued the Aux4. I great medium sized decoder just a little larger than the Micro but able to take 2 amps. I believe they are made in Germany and not China. I would also contact Mathew Herman. Great guy and will make good on your issues. He may not be aware of the problem and can get it corrected before too many get shipped.

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Posted by cacole on Thursday, February 7, 2013 8:50 PM

locoi1sa

I believe they are made in Germany and not China.

I have received a reply from Mr. Herman, who has offered to replace the Select decoders if I send them to him.  He also says they are made in Germany, but the boxes I have clearly say 'MADE IN CHINA" on the edge.  Maybe they're counterfeits?  I'll find out when he gets the decoders and reads the print on the boxes, because I'm going to point that out to him.

Perhaps the dealer I bought them from is unknowingly selling counterfeits.

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Posted by Mark R. on Thursday, February 7, 2013 11:39 PM

The packaging is made in China. It has to say Made in China on the box for export purposes either to Germany or the US. The decoders them selves aren't made in China.

 

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Posted by cacole on Friday, February 8, 2013 5:39 AM

Mark R.

The packaging is made in China. It has to say Made in China on the box for export purposes either to Germany or the US. The decoders them selves aren't made in China.

Mark.

That's really confusing.  Most products I've seen that fall into that category say something to the effect that the product itself is from such-and-such country and is packaged in China.
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Posted by Mark R. on Friday, February 8, 2013 11:32 AM

cacole

That's really confusing.  Most products I've seen that fall into that category say something to the effect that the product itself is from such-and-such country and is packaged in China.

True, but the decoders aren't packaged in China. The boxes are made in China and shipped to Germany and the US for packaging. It is law that any product made for export must have the country of origin on it. 

The same goes for anything you buy in the stores - the box might say Made In The USA, but that doesn't mean the contents were.

There are different ways of wording things - Made in China / Printed in China / Assembled in China / Product of China - that you really have to watch in order to understand just what came from where.

Mark. 

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