Easily Kill a Consist With the NCE Power Cab

This week I'll show you how to easily kill the consist we made last video with the NCE Power Cab. I'll also be talking about and sharing the videos of the NCE Light-It DCC Decoders I installed several months ago in my UP bay window Cabooses.
Here are the links to those videos:
Part 1 - Adding an NCE DCC Decoder & Lights to the Athearn Bay Window Caboose: • Part 1 - Adding an NC...
The MTH GP38-2 "Surging (cutting out) Problem & Caboose Lighting Project: • MTH GP38-2 Mysterious ...
The MTH GP38-2 Cut Out Update and Finishing the second Caboose:
• MTH Locomotive Cutout ...
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[@In2-Tech]

Before you spend more money for a booster, take the others off the layout and try the one with problems on the track alone. Worth a try :)

[@tvtoms]

Super cool to see a new video, Dan! It sounds like you have narrowed down that loco trouble pretty well. The way it affects other locos too is telling. Powercab comes stock with 23mp supply I think, so should handle 4 or 5 engines maybe, which yours usually does. Also since it happens at a certain rpm seems to indicate the motor.Hard to imagine the decoder affecting other locos at all. But a power drain would.

[@DansGrandValley]

Thanks Tom, and thanks for the info you sent in messenger. I def want to get to the bottom of it and get it fixed. I hate having a loco that doesn’t want to play nice with the others. I’ll check out that info. 👍🏼

[@FlyingCrow]

Yay for the Southern!

[@HotRodRodney25]

Love the railroad Dan

[@DansGrandValley]

Thanks Rodney! 👍🏼

[@brianfearn4246]

Great video Dan , I had the same problem with one of my locos it turned out to be the decoder it's self. I noticed a very small burn hole about the size of a pin head in the insulation. I replaced with a new decoder and runs fine

[@DansGrandValley]

Thanks, Brian! I’ve been trying to find replacement decoders for MTH locomotives, but it’s difficult as they went out of business a couple years ago. The locomotive is still acting up, and I’m sure it’s the decoder.

[@jojofixer]

An ammeter in series with your track connector would tell you the amp draw.

[@FBMRR]

Great video thanks.

[@DansGrandValley]

Thank you. 👍🏼

[@williamruss8830]

thanks for sharing i have the same problem ,with my backman n scale steamers ,i set my power cab to#8 that stops all sound off,all my blm kato athearn and atlas locos run great i also put in a booster it helped but not a cure