Decoder Install Issues (Kato ES44/ Digitrax DN147K1C decoder)
I've been slowing switching from DC over to DCC and doing decoder installs. This one locomotive has been giving me issues for a long while now. It is a new Kato ES44 (bought in January as part of their new release). I've put in five or six different DN147K1C decoders and have had no luck getting this thing to run. The lights flicker, so I know it's getting some electricity, but it won't move. I've programmed it and the lights flicker as they do with every other locomotive I've done. I've put the original DC board back in, runs fine. All the decoders that don't work with this one have done fine in other Kato locomotives I've installed them in.
I've removed and reapplied Kapton tape, added some more in a few spots thinking maybe there's a short. I just don't know. I'm at the point of putting the DC board back in, selling it and just buying a DCC-Installed version of this loco to save me the headache. Any thoughts?