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Re: DCC slowing?
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lugnet.trains
Date: 
Thu, 14 Aug 2003 00:28:26 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, John C. Moore wrote:
> I have a question abuot DCC.  I was first exposed to DCC at our last LUG meeting
> where some of the motors had been modified.  They were running 2 motors on the
> track on different channels.  Then we placed the two motors on the same channel
> and placed them on my train (which requires 2 motors). The results were
> nice...for a while.  It ran quite nicely for maybe 10 minutes, but then it
> started slowing in the corners...especially in two corners that were diagonal of
> each other on the oval.  It continued to go slower and slower until it came to a
> stop in these corners and simply was acting like it had no power.  Has anyone
> else had this problem and what is the cause?  Over heating?

What was supplying the power to the track? An RCX or a commercial DCC
controller? If an RCX running LDCC, it may have been the RCX over heating.

ROSCO



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(...) The track was powered by a RCX. Also we only had 1 engine running and experienced this problem. mark (23 years ago, 14-Aug-03, to lugnet.trains)

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I have a question abuot DCC. I was first exposed to DCC at our last LUG meeting where some of the motors had been modified. They were running 2 motors on the track on different channels. Then we placed the two motors on the same channel and placed (...) (23 years ago, 13-Aug-03, to lugnet.trains)

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