there is a certain irony in what happened to my Lima Class 117 DMU after posting about a Blue day yesterday! The DCC chip blew up! The DMU had become stuck whilst I was too busy with something else like going through Mrs. Woody's job list and the motor was still drawing current. I am guessing it all got too hot and the chip blew! I knew it had gone as I could smell it. On the workbench the good news was with a bttery on the motors terminals it ran. Meanwhile the lack eveidence on the taope was enough to confirm what happened.
Peeling back the masking tape showed that the plastic sleve that the chip is wrapped in had melted and the chip did not look very well!
Lesson learnt! Don't look at Mrs. W's job list whilst operating trains!
At least the motor is OK so I can fit another chip when I have tiime from that job list! The irony of it!
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