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Mercifully this was before the age of video. The TV version had the memorable lines "Everything they say about us Miami girls is true" and "Fly me morning, noon, or night -- just say when". It is ominous to consider what contemporary Amtrak service would offer...
I joust found out the whole motor and servos need replacment they brned up when i was running the loco
GN24 I joust found out the whole motor and servos need replacment they brned up when i was running the loco
You mean the decoder? Are you running on DCC or DC?
Will the dealer or KATO be covering this?
Unless you really did something wrong, sure seems like they should.
Sheldon
I agree with Sheldon, you might want to have another talk with your hobby shop to get the precise terms nailed down.
And motors, especially KATO motors, should not burn up, but its possible. Try to think if you did anything that would have caused a failure of the electrical components.
I'm not a DCC expert, but running a pure DCC decoder on DC powered track might cause some problems.
Or maybe a dual mode decoder that didn't dual mode correctly.
- Douglas
I don't get the servo thing? Does he mean the PC board? He hasn't said if it's DC or DCC, or what power he is using, DC or DCC.
Mine is DCC ready, but didn't come DCC.
I don't believe the motor fried, the board, maybe.
SO much we don't know.
Mike.
My You Tube
Generally speaking. You can send it back to: take it to the LHS. Mail it back to an online seller. Or contact KATO and ask them where to send it? I had purchased a loco from TrainWorld online. It arrived and ? fried when I set it on the track and turned on power. ? I never did know what was wrong. I simply contacted TrainWorld and they had me send it back to them. Within a week, I had the new loco. A legitimate seller would do the same.
GN24 I joust found out the whole motor and servos need replacment they burned up when i was running the loco
I joust found out the whole motor and servos need replacment they burned up when i was running the loco
Rich
Alton Junction
Since the customer is a minor, that might also give him the right to simply void the sale in some states.
-Kevin
Living the dream.
it is a plain DC locomotive, the problem was the resistor burned up when running. and KATO will not be covoring for this and i just tested the motor and it works fine i just need a new circut board
the only problem is I have been scowering the web for one and i cant find one other than one for an sd70mace
GN24 it is a plain DC locomotive, the problem was the resistor burned up when running. and KATO will not be covoring for this and i just tested the motor and it works fine i just need a new circut board
i cant tell how many volts but i know the remote was made for ho locomotives and n scale locomotives scpecificly. i think the fact that i was runing it with another locomotive on the same track may have caused something to short out
Interesting, Ive never heard of this problem before, here's a different forum thread I found describing a problem with the motor brushes on Kato SD40-2.
https://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?3,2499007
In any case, it could also be unnatural friction in the bearings/drive due to misaligned parts,a bad power supply, or forcing the engine to pull too much (or consisting it with an engine with a very different speed curve).
Any of the above (or simply a layout short) can cause a resistor to burn out, its sort of like a fail safe, rather it burn out than the motor burning out and catching fire.
Is there any way you could take a pic of your power supply? or atleast the manufacturer? (bachmann, life like, etc)
Id make sure it wasent just a faulty resistor/board and make sure whatever caused that resistor to burn out is eliminated, or else there's a good chance it might happen again.
PS im jealous you can change your profile pic, nice stuff
Charles
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Trainman440 Is there any way you could take a pic of your power supply? or atleast the manufacturer? (bachmann, life like, etc) Id make sure it wasent just a faulty resistor/board and make sure whatever caused that resistor to burn out is eliminated, or else there's a good chance it might happen again.