01-16-2011, 06:12 AM
Reinhard;
Just wanted to let you know that I think I've solved the problem with my Athearn GP15. Since it was obviously having power pickup problems (seemed to be the rear truck), I soldered the power wires to the board (so much the warranty!) and that seems to have cured the problem. It did stall out a couple of times when I first ran it after the soldering job, but after running it for several minutes, I experienced no more stalling. The real test will be operating the layout using it. If that "fix" didn't work then I don't know what route to take next. Display model status????
Keep your figures crossed for me!
Just wanted to let you know that I think I've solved the problem with my Athearn GP15. Since it was obviously having power pickup problems (seemed to be the rear truck), I soldered the power wires to the board (so much the warranty!) and that seems to have cured the problem. It did stall out a couple of times when I first ran it after the soldering job, but after running it for several minutes, I experienced no more stalling. The real test will be operating the layout using it. If that "fix" didn't work then I don't know what route to take next. Display model status????
Keep your figures crossed for me!
Ed
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