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my brand new kato sd40-2 broke on the 1st day what do i do?

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Posted by Overmod on Thursday, March 11, 2021 8:05 AM

gmpullman
"I'm Melvin — Take Me to Chicago!" or something like that...

No, that was different from a hijack meme.  Some airline had a now-non-PC ad campaign the year Amtrak was started, with a stew's seductive face cooing something like "I'm Judy -- fly me to Houston".  So of course the 'logical' thing was to have Amtrak's answer: a Roger the Engineer character in similar pose, as I recall in overalls, saying "I'm Melvin -- run me to Chicago".

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...

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Posted by GN24 on Thursday, March 11, 2021 11:46 AM

I joust found out the whole motor and servos need replacment they brned up when i was running the loco

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Posted by ATLANTIC CENTRAL on Thursday, March 11, 2021 12:09 PM

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.

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Posted by Doughless on Thursday, March 11, 2021 12:41 PM

GN24

I joust found out the whole motor and servos need replacment they brned up when i was running the loco

 

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.

  

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Posted by mbinsewi on Thursday, March 11, 2021 1:23 PM

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.  Confused

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Posted by PennsyNut on Thursday, March 11, 2021 2:36 PM

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.

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Posted by richhotrain on Thursday, March 11, 2021 2:57 PM

GN24

I joust found out the whole motor and servos need replacment they burned up when i was running the loco 

What is your power source? How many volts?

Rich

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Posted by SeeYou190 on Thursday, March 11, 2021 3:01 PM

Since the customer is a minor, that might also give him the right to simply void the sale in some states.

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Posted by GN24 on Thursday, March 11, 2021 3:02 PM

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

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Posted by GN24 on Thursday, March 11, 2021 3:04 PM

the only problem is I have been scowering the web for one and i cant find one other than one for an sd70mace

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Posted by richhotrain on Thursday, March 11, 2021 3:05 PM

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 

What is your power source? How many volts?

 

Rich

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Posted by GN24 on Thursday, March 11, 2021 3:06 PM

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

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Posted by Trainman440 on Thursday, March 11, 2021 3:43 PM

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 Big Smile

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Posted by richhotrain on Thursday, March 11, 2021 4:51 PM

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.  

That would be my concern as well.

Rich

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