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I am using a Digitrax Super Empire Builder for DCC Control. I have noticed that on occasion when two or more locos are running that one local will suddenly stop without warning. When this happens the speed control on the DT400 throttle reads zero for the loco concerned. Once the throttle knob is turned the loco starts moving again. Sometimes the loco concerned after it starts moving again cannot be immediately controlled and several seconds will elapse before the throttle regains control.
Today my grandson was using a UT 4 to control a third loco, the loco that he was controlling kept stopping, two others controlled from the DT 400 were OK. Initially I thought that that he was stopping the loco then I realised the loco he was controlling was stopping because the speed had reset to zero, but this is not as apparent from the UT4 as it would be from the DT 400.
I thought that I might have a loco with a capacitor that I had missed and the Bachmann 108 DMU was my prime suspect. I then made the mistake of taking this apart and then spent about an hour trying to relocate a tiny little plastic lug in the flywheel.
I am 99.9% positive that capacitors have been removed from all my locos. Can anyone offer any explanation for this erratic behaviour which has now happened to at least 4 locos.
Today my grandson was using a UT 4 to control a third loco, the loco that he was controlling kept stopping, two others controlled from the DT 400 were OK. Initially I thought that that he was stopping the loco then I realised the loco he was controlling was stopping because the speed had reset to zero, but this is not as apparent from the UT4 as it would be from the DT 400.
I thought that I might have a loco with a capacitor that I had missed and the Bachmann 108 DMU was my prime suspect. I then made the mistake of taking this apart and then spent about an hour trying to relocate a tiny little plastic lug in the flywheel.
I am 99.9% positive that capacitors have been removed from all my locos. Can anyone offer any explanation for this erratic behaviour which has now happened to at least 4 locos.