Century club 726 headlamp flickering. + minimal smoking ability new old stock. Thanks

Are you running it via conventional control or command?

Headlight flickering under command control usually indicates that the engine is receiving a weak TMCC signal from the command base.

1. Check your wire between the base's antenna post and the outside rail to make sure that it's connected securely, and ensure that the power brick, which should have two blades and a ground pin, is plugged into a matching, properly-grounded 3-pin wall outlet.
2. If these are ok then remove the engine's shell and check to see if the antenna wire inside is connected securely between the antenna pad or pin on the engine's radio board and the antenna on the shell (handrails on steam locos or copper plate or foil glued inside the shell for diesels).

Mike

Running conventional MTH Z1000

Thanks

@Joe N posted:

Running conventional MTH Z1000

Thanks

I covered this exact near same question in the last couple of days. So much so, I even got out my CC 726 and put it on the track just to validate conventional operation compared to command control (TMCC). https://ogrforum.com/topic/cen...2#185988373494757882

These start running about 8.5 to 9V as measured by a Z4000 and by 13V are doing mach2.

So, knowing this has a 27 Ohm puffer style unit, at low voltage, the resistor gets enough power to begin smoking but is nowhere near full smoke.

Just like the previous conversation and answer- expectations. It's really meant to run under TMCC and while conventional works- things like smoke output might be lacking at the really low voltages this likes to run at under conventional.

I know you guys may be learning, but this posting one day- getting an answer, not liking the answer, so you start a completely new identical topic- just don't do it.

Thank you so much for the information. Sorry for my delayed response.