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RP Keep Alive Installation
emd_16645:
Video of the keep alive install.
Works perfectly going forward. Dead shorts at 1% throttle in reverse. Probably motor is shot, I’ve never been a fan of the first generation genesis motor. Might be time to meet a Mr. Kato product.
Alan:
Electric motors don't run in one direction then short out in the other. Mechanical impossibility due to the physical construction of a motor. You have a problem elsewhere.
emd_16645:
--- Quote from: Alan on October 09, 2018, 08:40:07 PM ---Electric motors don't run in one direction then short out in the other. Mechanical impossibility due to the physical construction of a motor. You have a problem elsewhere.
--- End quote ---
Any thoughts as to a culprit?
Alan:
Is this on DCC powered track?
Alan:
Thinking about I can come to only one conclusion. There is an electrical path from one of your motor leads (gray or orange) to one or more of the other LM connections. I suspect it is to one of the outputs (white, yellow, purple, green). This would explain why it shorts at 1% throttle and not immediately upon power up.
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