Originally Posted by Boilermaker1:
Ran it by itself for an hour, was still running hot, still smelled of electronics. I took the shell off, let it cool down and let it run by itself again without the shell. The boards were still pretty hot, the motors werent too bad. I guess I'll give MTH a call and see if they'll give me an RA for it since it smells like burned electronics...
When I pulled the shell off, I did notice that everything is kind of jammed in there, and the metal grills in the sides of the shell evidently dont let in enough air to cool it off.
Ahah; the smoking gun, or I guess electronics.
The first thing I would check is binding in the gears. That could be your problem.
What track voltage are you running at? It needs to be 18 VAC.
Rod
