New old stock berk runs very well but headlight flickering and very poor smoke output
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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.
- 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.
- 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
