*** Hello stirling.
What is hot? are we talking warm or nearly too hot to touch?
If its just warm then probably no issue at all. If its getting hottish - ie close to too hot to touch, there is a problem. Warm is a natural state as all the power electronics are in the handset, and its dissipating between 10 and 25 watts of power depending on load. (a couple of amps at 12 & a bit volts = 25 watts)
If it gets hot there one of two things is probably happening. too high an input voltage or a partial short on the layout. It is also of course possible there is a unit problem, but lets sort the first two first.
Some questions and easy tests.
1/are you using the original power supply - if so, its not that - if not, you should be, or at least using one of the SAME spec as the original. What are U using"
2/set up the ammeter in the handset - it is part of the cab setup procedure. It will show current draw.
3/What does it read when no loco is running? If its more than 0.1 or so amps with nothing running, you may have a loco or layout issues
4/As a check, now take all the loco's and stock off the layout and read it - what does it read?
5/As a check of the layout: leave all the locos and lit coaches etc off, disconnect the powercab from the layout. use your multimeter set to ohms and let us know what it reads.
6/ As a final experiment, connect the powercab to a separate bit of track with one loco on it and run it back and forth. Does it still get hot?
If the answer is (A) more than a little warm and (
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it worries you, then can you take it back to the dealer to verify its ok or not?? If not, and U bought it overseas, then no big deal, NCE is really good with warranty support and will help you directly.
DO let us know...
Richard
What is hot? are we talking warm or nearly too hot to touch?
If its just warm then probably no issue at all. If its getting hottish - ie close to too hot to touch, there is a problem. Warm is a natural state as all the power electronics are in the handset, and its dissipating between 10 and 25 watts of power depending on load. (a couple of amps at 12 & a bit volts = 25 watts)
If it gets hot there one of two things is probably happening. too high an input voltage or a partial short on the layout. It is also of course possible there is a unit problem, but lets sort the first two first.
Some questions and easy tests.
1/are you using the original power supply - if so, its not that - if not, you should be, or at least using one of the SAME spec as the original. What are U using"
2/set up the ammeter in the handset - it is part of the cab setup procedure. It will show current draw.
3/What does it read when no loco is running? If its more than 0.1 or so amps with nothing running, you may have a loco or layout issues
4/As a check, now take all the loco's and stock off the layout and read it - what does it read?
5/As a check of the layout: leave all the locos and lit coaches etc off, disconnect the powercab from the layout. use your multimeter set to ohms and let us know what it reads.
6/ As a final experiment, connect the powercab to a separate bit of track with one loco on it and run it back and forth. Does it still get hot?
If the answer is (A) more than a little warm and (
DO let us know...
Richard
