Running trains last night and the 990 went blank. Can't find electrical problems, all lights work on the trains, the trains are not getting the signal from the 990.
Batteries are not overly hot.
Same thing happened last year and Lionel fixed it but offered no reason for the problem.
I read somewhere that putting new batteries (not recharable) may fix the problem.
Anyone else having this problem. I have not called Lionel yet.
All advice welcome
thanks
Brent
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Good Morning!
That would be the first check, to install the standard AA batteries and turn off the charging switch on the bottom of the base.
Thank you, new batteries (regular) worked great. I will just buy a supply of regular and forget the recharable.
Thanks
Brent
BRENT,
Post this on the TMCC/LEGACY Forum. You might have better coverage!!
FREDSTRAINS
Sorry, I posted too late!!!
Excuse the Ring!!
Fredstrains
>>>Running trains last night and the 990 went blank. Can't find electrical problems, all lights work on the trains, the trains are not getting the signal from the 990.<<
I had that exact same problem a few times in the past.
I thought it was a controller problem until I used an external charger with a meter to charge the original batteries and discovered one by one the batteries were going bad. The original batteries supplied by Lionel are pure junk. Throw them out. Mine went weak quick then went bad to the point the external recharger wouln't recharge at all. You'd never realize that using the legacy recharger.
I switched to a set of new Duracell rechargable batteries and cured the problem quick.
Joe
one thing I have noticed about the Legacy controller and for that matter even the MTH controller.
the batteries must be fully charged,
if you put the batteries on a tester and they are on the lower side of green or if it is a tester that has any yellow showing,
replace the batteries.
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