Reply to "Acela Pantograph issues"

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Hancock52 posted:
david1 posted:
The best times i had with my Acela was the day I bought it and the day I sold it. I will never own another one.
Dave
Yeah, it's a real enthusiasm-killer, this model. I knew it had issues when I got one but then some people reported, and showed videos of, sets running as they were meant to.
In my experience most of the problems (but not all) were in the IR signal transmission. Going over to wired connections sounds like a good idea.

Yes the IR is hinkie at times. I’ve had good luck with all but one car. The signal gets through because the powered and non powered talk to each other and operate OK. But one car’s ground lights start blinking almost immediately and will go out at reset but then bingo, start blinking. Good news is doors work so I ignore it.

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