Riccarton Junction Posted October 30, 2020 Share Posted October 30, 2020 Only had my EZ Command for a couple of weeks and it was working fine. Tonight I switched it on and one of the locos reversed and fell off the track. I quickly switched the controller off to pick up the loco and when I went to switch it back on it was dead i.e. no red light coming on. I disconnected everything and now just have the controller connected to the power, but still no red light. Worryingly there is a slight burnt plastic smell from the controller. I've taken the lid off and I can't see anything obviously fried or melted. If this thing is buggered then I will be seriously dis-chuffed as I was led to believe these controllers were bullet proof. Any thoughts? Is there any chance it will come back to life if left overnight ☹️ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riccarton Junction Posted October 31, 2020 Author Share Posted October 31, 2020 Update: Leaving it overnight made no difference. Still dead. Still a faint melted plastic smell. Not happy. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium boxbrownie Posted October 31, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 31, 2020 Being so new it sounds like it could be a one off manufacturing/component fault (hopefully), no choice but to send it back to the supplier/retailer. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium SForrest10 Posted October 31, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 31, 2020 Mine blew up because one of the connector pins on the underside made contact with the track while it was on. Not sure if this is still an issue on the latest versions. This is the connector that plugs into the addon module. Wish id notice earlier and i could of put some tape across. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt R Posted December 9, 2022 Share Posted December 9, 2022 Hey guys, I just started tinkering with my Bachmann EZ command system that was passed down to me from my grandfather. Have any of y’all had issues with reprogramming locos? I bought 2 DCC locos and they will only run on function 10 which is the analogue program setting. It won’t let me reprogram those locos to another function address. Wondering if anyone had some ideas? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokebox Posted December 9, 2022 Share Posted December 9, 2022 Are the 2 DCC locos "DCC ready" or "DCC fitted"? DCC ready locos do not come with a decoder fitted. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crosland Posted December 11, 2022 Share Posted December 11, 2022 I would echo what smokebox says, and a warning... The EZ Command, with the supplied power supply, uses a stupidly high track voltage (or at least mine did) so be careful running non chipped locos on address 10, especially if they are stationary for any length of time. You can change the PSU, but it needs to be AC, not DC. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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