"Puckdropper" <puckdropper(at)yahoo(dot)com> wrote in message
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> My club runs a Digitrax Super Chief system with a DCS100 command station
> and DB150 booster. Recently, the reversers attached to the system
started
> chirping, about every 4-5 seconds. I isolated both reversers, and the
> problem didn't go away, so I think they're fine.
What kind of reversers are you using? If you're using the PM42's,
then
the "chirping" is really just the relays clacking. In my experience, they
tend to clack like that when the power keeps cycling on and off. It
usually
has nothing to do with the reverse loops themselves.
> Both command station and booster flash off every 4-5 seconds, then
> immediately come back. What this does is make headlights blink, on
it'll
> stop locomotives without flywheels. Sometimes, engines take off on
their
> own.
How many beeps is being sounded when this happens? Five beeps is a
short.
> I've tried isolating sections, but the problem still remains. However,
> when I disconnect the loconet cable between the command station and
> booster, the problem appears to go away.
I would say that there's something shorting the booster section. It
could also be that the brain and the booster are out of synch. You do
have
them grounded to each other, right? Also, have you tried just shutting
down
the booster, rather than unplugging the LocoNet? Also, you do have the
wire
in place to force the DB150 to be only a booster and not a command
station...I hope.
> Does anyone have any ideas what could cause this? There was no
> configuration change before the problem started that I know of. (We
have
> not yet tried resetting the system.)
I have also discovered that stuff like this can happen when you have
short across booster sections.
BTW, are you using any kind of cicuit breaker independant of the
booster's own? Something like a PSX or PS(one) or PM42?
Free advice: don't use the "brain" DCS100 as a booster if you can help
it. It can cause issues if it's powering a section adjacent to a
reversing
section.
Paul A. Cutler III
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Weather Or No Go New Haven
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