One for Max maybe

Geoff snap! it is infuriating, i am not aware of anything but hopefully some other may know. With the release of Lokpilot 4 by ESU with its power storage option. Hopefully the next development will be Loksound 4 with its own optional power storage.

I sometimes think Geoff the engines run altoghter better with sound off or i may be just dreaming it.

Regards

Pete

Cant you use one of those Lenz units that stop the problem of temporary loss of power in a loco surely thats the answer to your problems with the 08?
http://www.digital-plus.de/e/digitalplus_decoder_power.php
Brian

Aren't they just for Lenz Gold decoders Brian? thats the sort of thing i am hoping ESU will come up with.

Hi Geoff.  I wouldn't be holding my breath for updates, etc.

I'm not sure what an 08 is.  I have had some frustrating experiences with Hornby steam locos.  Hornby do fantastic detail and finish, but pickup wise they are still in the Dark Ages.  I think they might still have a DC mentality.  It's silly really, because if pickups will work with DCC sound, they will be marvellous for DC.

The other question is, what brand of sound decoder does it have?  If it's a Loksound, you can set some special effects with the programmer which will return the loco to what it was doing when the power went off.

So, if an 08 is a steam loco, does it have a tender?  Sometimes they would have no pickups on the tender wheels, or only on one pair each side.  Pickups are an on going challenge - particularly with early Bachmann and Hornby steam locos, so IMHO that is where your work will be; fitting extra pickups on the tender, or changing the wheel sets and picking up from all wheels.

I "inherited" a Hornby Terrier, which is an 0 6 0 with a rigid frame and it doesn't like my bumpy trackwork at all.  I have a funny old brake van which will be fitted with extra pickups when I get A Round Tuit.  I'm hoping that will improve things.

To sum up - I'd go to the source of the problem; the pickups.

Cheers

Max, an 08 is an 0-6-0 diesel shunter  like this http://www.ehattons.com/StockDetail.aspx?SID=26965

Thanks, Sol.  I understand that the newer Hornby and Bachmanns are a lot better.  I guess I'm just copping older ones at present.

Another thing that occurred to me is that it might just be a duff one.  I wonder if you took it back to the store and had them show you another one, whether it might perform better.  I had a Bachman which had lots of pickups on the driving wheels, but it turned out that where the wires were conected was a kind of rivetted join.  Once I soldered the wires straight on to the bronze plate it was a lot better.

It could be something simple like that, Geoff.  The continuity looked OK, but the joint obviously wasn't up to the mark.