Lionel TMCC Allegheny Sounds Cutting Out then Back On While Moving

The tender is self contained, ie; it gets its own power from the pick up rollers & wheels on the tender. So one of two things, your wheels & rollers can be dirty, as well as your track, or your IR sensor ( the drawbars ) are going in & out of alignment. Another thing is if the little windows on the IR sender/receivers  are covered in dust/ debris as well. …..I’d start easy, clean your tender wheels, clean the pick up rollers, &  lubricate those items. Visually inspect your draw bar connection and make sure the two cubes line up, slightly bend the drawbars if needed to make them line up nice. While you’re there, look at the wiring under the drawbars for any signs of chaffing,……lastly, you can add a standard 9V battery to the tender to help with drop outs,….

Pat

Excellent advice. I’ll do all that today.
Thank you.

Steve

@harmonyards posted:

lastly, you can add a standard 9V battery to the tender to help with drop outs,….

Or add the YLB - RailSounds Battery Replacement if you never want to go back in to replace that battery...

Honestly, I keep forgetting about the YLB,…..and to think, I own a couple dozen,…..geeeezzz, don’t get old,….it sucks!..

Pat

@gunrunnerjohn posted:

Or add the YLB - RailSounds Battery Replacement if you never want to go back in to replace that battery...

Thanks John! I’ll do that.

After a good track cleaning (wasn’t bad) as well as cleaning the rollers (definitely some grime) on the tender plus installing a new 9V battery, it works flawlessly. Thanks Pat and John!

And I’m ordering the YLB this evening. Thanks again!

I just ordered the YLB unit.
Thanks guys.