If it's under warranty and you're satisfied everything is clean--I would call first then send back. You should not be having pick up issues with a truck, IMHO.
Richard
Oakhurst: How come you didn't mention this on Saturday when we operated? You had a brain trust there! Owen W
I don't believe it is a bad truck,, I believe, it is a poor, solder,joint to the pick-up,wipers,or to the decoder,,causing intermittent power to the decoder....
Cheers,
Frank
OK, here is the latest. Still having problems with intermittant running out of control on some portions of my layout. However, I have also noticed it is having more trouble going over some of my "dead frog" turnouts than would be expected. As I was cleaning wheels (again) and using contact cleaner on the truck/wheel contacts I noticed that the front truck would sometimes lose conductivity. The back truck would always work and the sound would be normal. However, the front truck conductivity would go in and out and when it was working, the sound from the speaker would produce a lot of static.
Could my problem be a bad front truck that is adding a lot of electrical "noise" to the signal and disrupting some of the signals to the decoder? If this is what is going on, I think I need to send the Heisler back to the manufacturer (Rivarossi/Hornby).
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MisterBeasleyWhat kind of decoder is in the locomotive?
I found it is a Loksound decoder.
MisterBeasleyThis sort of thing occasionally happens with "dual-mode" decoders that can operate on either DC or DCC. There is a CV to put the decoder in DCC-only mode. This often fixes the problem.
Tried it but it did not help.
I ran into a guy today that says he had the same problem with a Loksound decoder equipped loco and was never able to stop it. His was a small layout with more feeders and soldered joints.
I also recleaned the track and loco wheels but it didn't improve ...
Any other ideas anyone?
Also, sound locos can be more sensitive to the lack of adequate power. So, double/triple clean the track/wheels. We add keep alive caps to ours many times.
make sure the track in that area is very clean ,make it shine if your track is dirty it can intterupt the dcc signal, secondly maybe add another set of feeders to that part of the track ,
You can never have too many feeders
What kind of decoder is in the locomotive?
This sort of thing occasionally happens with "dual-mode" decoders that can operate on either DC or DCC. There is a CV to put the decoder in DCC-only mode. This often fixes the problem.
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I've been operating my layout on DCC for a few years now and have never had any significant problems with the Digitrax DCC. I did convert the layout over from block DC and added enough feeders so that all of the track passed the "penny" short test. I've been running many different locomotives without problems over the entire layout for a few years.
This week I received a new DCC locomotive (with sound) and it runs nicely. However, on a couple of portions of the layout, it often does not respond to throttle or function commands right away. Sometimes it runs out of control until leaves that area of the layout. The problem does seem to be in areas that may be farther than typical from a feeder. Everywhere else it responds fine.
I'm going to try running the locomotive on a friends layout over the weekend, so that will be another test.
So, have you guys experienced this kind of problem before?
Thanks,
Marty