[eddscott]

I've installed bachmann 8 pin decoders in my Hornby 59 and 66. I've got an NCE Powercab.

On slow running between 1 and about 10 both locos stutter quite badly. After 10 they are both very smooth running. I've tried setting CV54 and CV55 and they are better but not perfectly smooth.

Its CV54 which seems to make the most difference and I've set at 1 and CV55 to 30. I accept that both locos aren't the cutting edge of build quality but is there anything further I can do to improve their slow running.

 

[eddscott]

QUOTE (Richard Johnson @ 23 Sep 2008, 05:09) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>***Have you removed all suppression capacitors from the locomotives? The symptom you mention is very like what often happens if they are still in place.

Richard

Ah, no. I'll remove the caps and try again.

Thanks

 

[eddscott]

QUOTE (Richard Johnson @ 23 Sep 2008, 04:09) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>***Have you removed all suppression capacitors from the locomotives? The symptom you mention is very like what often happens if they are still in place.

Richard

On these hornby/lima offspring rather than the pancake motor they've shoehorned a can motor in its place and this has one capacitor across the terminals. I cut it off and reset the CVs to default but both locos still stutter. I've left them with CV54 at 001 and CV55 at 030 and at step 1 on the powercab you can see the stutter but its quite faint and from 3 onwards its barely noticeable.