faulcon1 Posted April 25, 2016 Share Posted April 25, 2016 I have a Hornby HST power car R2702 and I haven't run it for some time. So today I went to run it but it is dead. It's fitted with Howes DCC Sound. There is no sound and no movement. With the chip removed the blanking plug installed and run on DC there is still no movement. Yet the last time I ran it in DCC mode, it was fine. Do Loksound decoders collapse over time especially if not used? Any ideas as to what maybe wrong? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium njee20 Posted April 25, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 25, 2016 That it doesn't run on DC suggests the decoder is most certainly not to blame. Can you put the decoder in another loco to confirm? Any lights coming on? If so it suggests motor problems, if not I'd look at contacts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tractor_37260 Posted April 26, 2016 Share Posted April 26, 2016 R2702 is the latest version -, and as there is no movement on DC either - I'd check that the bogie drive worms are not seized in their bearings, this tends to happen when the model is left unused for some time. I had this problem with some Hornby Class 60's, on DC the motor would just hum with no movement at all. Freeing off the worm gear/s so it/they can turn in the bearings solved the problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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