About a month ago I had a Bachmann H-4 that gave me a fault code "9". So to help narrow down whether the problem is in the engine or the tender I swapped the tender of another H-4 that I knew worked. After swapping the tenders the locomotive in question worked flawlessly. So the issue is with either the decoder or it's wiring. The train engine sat for a week and this afternoon I went to run a train for my nephew and the engine will not move, I have all my sounds and headlight but the decoder from the good operating engine is now throwing my a fault code "11" motor connection fault. The engine and tender have not been disconnected since the last time it ran. I also triple checked all my track to make sure no metal was laying across the rails creating a short. Is there anything else that could be causing this fault code? This is the second decoder issue I have had out of the 3 H-4's that i own is the Tsunami that Bachmann uses a cheaper quality? This is really making me think twice about buying another Bachmann product, any help would be appreciated.
Thanks, john
Exercise your warranty, and no, the Bachmann Tsunami is not a "cheaper" version.
If "11" is a motor connection fault, my guess would be to look at the motor connection? Start with the tender plugs.
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I just double checked all the connections and as I suspected each plug is fully seated. The engine and tender have not been separated in several weeks. I also removed anything metal that could cause a short to ensure that was not the problem, I just don't understand how and engine can run fine one day it sits for a week then won't run. It looks like I will have to send it back to Bachmann.
EDIT: I put the tender back on it's original engine that ran fine from the beginning and everything worked great all sounds and the engine went over the entire layout without a problem. I think I have a serious problem with my one engine and it's decoder.
John