Hi guys !! I have an MTH pennsy SW 8 proto 1 switcher !!The engine quit working so I had the boards replaced and engine was returned with MTH green recharge battery!! back in June I hosted TCA home layout tour one evening!! A few days prior to tour I checked this engine to make sure it was running perfectly To my dismay the engine was dead !! I quickly went out and bought the $10.00 energizer lithium battery ( guaranteed for 10 years ) put it in switcher and everything worked fine during the TCA TOUR !! the next week the battery was dead again ??? I powered engine up for 5 minutes and it started to work again ?? This battery goes dead on a weekly basis !! I reinstalled a BCR last nite and let engine sit @ 20volts for 10 min and nothing happened ?? Can BCR go BAD ?? I reinstall Energizer battery and after about 6-8 minutes all the sounds returned back to normal ?? any ideas as to what is going on ?? Thanks Gary
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