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Kadee HO Pickup Truck Trouble Shooting
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Important!
One side of each bronze electrical pickup is marked with a red dot. This red dot indicates the side that picks up the current from the track. When installing the Pickup Trucks on your rolling stock These marks MUST be on opposite rails otherwise an electrical short will occur and the Pickup Trucks may be damaged!
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| Problems: |
Possible Cause: |
Possible Solution: |
| Flickering Lights |
Dirty Track & Wheels |
Clean Track & Wheels |
| Poor connection in wiring |
Check all wiring connections |
Insufficient connection between
bronze pickups and axles |
Check that bronze pickup fingers
are touching axle |
| Capacitor needed |
A capacitor may be needed to
stabilize voltage. (see Kadee HO
Pickup Truck Wiring Diagram) |
| Derailments |
Uneven pickup tension on axles |
Check that all bronze pickups
have equal tension against axle |
| Crooked or kinked pickup wire |
Check that pickup wire is not
binding where it protrudes
through the floor of the car |
