Dapol Class 08 Lighting Problems

[les101975jud]

Hello

i have had two of these RTR models for several years now and both out of warranty.  They have been sitting unused while I built a bit of a layout.  Last week I got them out of their boxes and fitted sound decoders, speakers and stay alive units.  One of them is fine, everything works.  But the other one has a lighting problem ie. there are no lights at all.  Everything else is fine, runs really well with sound etc.

Has anyone else had this problem?  Is there a fix?  Can I source a replacement loco PCB from somewhere?

 

Any help would be appreciated.  Thank you.

 

regards Les

[markjj]

21 hours ago, les101975jud said:

Hello

i have had two of these RTR models for several years now and both out of warranty.  They have been sitting unused while I built a bit of a layout.  Last week I got them out of their boxes and fitted sound decoders, speakers and stay alive units.  One of them is fine, everything works.  But the other one has a lighting problem ie. there are no lights at all.  Everything else is fine, runs really well with sound etc.

Has anyone else had this problem?  Is there a fix?  Can I source a replacement loco PCB from somewhere?

 

Any help would be appreciated.  Thank you.

 

regards Les

Have you brought the correct decoder for the one that isnt working Les?

There are 2 versions of the 08 the earlier ones had different light configurations to the later ones.

Dont panic yet....

[les101975jud]

markjj

Thank you for you reply.

 

Both locos are the earlier version and yes, I have purchased the correct version of decoder for the earlier lighting configuration.  One loco is working fine while the other has no lighting at all.  I have even reinstalled the dummy decoder to see if the lights work on DC and they did not.

 

regards Les