https://blog.model-train-help.com/2020/11/motor-not-spinning-armature.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=motor-not-spinning-armature Model railroads and model trains Wed, 02 Dec 2020 13:29:42 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://blog.model-train-help.com/2020/11/motor-not-spinning-armature.html#comment-42417 Wed, 02 Dec 2020 13:29:42 +0000 http://blog.model-train-help.com/?p=5864#comment-42417 I would send it back to Bachman for repair.

]]> https://blog.model-train-help.com/2020/11/motor-not-spinning-armature.html#comment-42402 Wed, 02 Dec 2020 05:11:46 +0000 http://blog.model-train-help.com/?p=5864#comment-42402 If you leave a DC loco on the track on any address other than 00 (setting for DC loco), then your DC loco will have the motor oscillating, rather than turning, that will most likely overheat the motor, and cause damage. Any plastic inside of the motor will be warped, thus freezing it up. This would be cause by the DCC system’s AC current on the track.

]]> https://blog.model-train-help.com/2020/11/motor-not-spinning-armature.html#comment-42396 Wed, 02 Dec 2020 02:12:03 +0000 http://blog.model-train-help.com/?p=5864#comment-42396 I run HO plus DCC locos and have at odd times left a DC loco on a DCC track. The slight whine from the DC loco hinted to me that it was in distress so was promptly removed. Altho one should be able to run a DC loco with a Zephyr DCC controller the loco address should be set to 00 but I doubt if you would get the same performance.With my system set up with blocks I can run both DCC and DC but you have to be careful.J

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