The add on cab2 was on the 993 charger overnight and now will not turn on. The batters have good voltage and work with the 990 cab2. I put new batteries in and it will still not turn on. The 993 bas - came with the 1st Big Boy will not charge the cab2's. No lights on or flashing. This base has been back to Lionel to update the charging circuit. Any ideas - fixes? If I can not get them working - back to lionel in the fall. Thanks Bruce
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Power supply cube ok? Carefully measure its output which should be 8 vac. I had to open mine up and replace the fuse once...but maybe the base is shorted inside.
I don't know how that killed the CAB2, that doesn't sound right. I would suspect the most that it would do is not charge.
Take some Alkaline AA batteries and use those in the non-working CAB2 and see if you can get a response.
The Cab2 should not have been damaged by the charger. Damage can occur to the Cab-2 if there are no batteries installed; perhaps the batteries lost contact with the terminals and that may have led to some issue?
If a fresh set of Alkaline does not revive the Cab-2; then it probably needs to be serviced; sorry.
I see you got it right from the horse's mouth. 
I suspect Jon is indeed correct, if it doesn't work with Alkaline batteries, it's dead. He certainly should know.
I see you got it right from the horse's mouth.
I suspect Jon is indeed correct, if it doesn't work with Alkaline batteries, it's dead. He certainly should know.
The comment about "Damage can occur to the Cab-2 if there are no batteries installed" makes me a little nervous...
I don't think that is necessarily true with other chargers for other electronics.
I was a bit surprised to see that as well, now I know to be careful! 
B RUCE,
The same thing happened to me a couple of years ago. One Morning I pulled the CAB2 off the 993 ,turned it on and the screen was DARK. Tried new Batteries, but no luck as well. E-Mailed Lionel, they gave me an RA#. I sent it in (even though it was out of Warranty) and 10 Days later UPS delivered a "BRAND NEW ONE"! Unfortunately, you can't do that until AUG.1st, but I'm sure they will take care of you at that time.
REGARDS,
FREDSTRAINS (Fred)
Hey (said like Duck Dynasty) I hace a CAB2 that the exact saqme think happened to! I guess when I get back to Phoenix area, I'll need a RMA as well!
What do folks mean by you will have to wait until fall before returning for repair? Is repair closed due to their move?
The schedule is August for opening again. When they do, I'm sure they'll be swamped with repairs and parts orders due to the extended closure. Don't plan on getting it back that fast.
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