Kiran Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 Looks like most popular online retailers are out of these. Tony's Trains has this rather vague message on the product page https://tonystrains.com/product/store/dcc-sound-and-power/dcc-decoders/non-sound-decoders/kato-29-352-fl12-tail-light-control-decoder-for-ho-and-n-scale-tail-cars "This Tail Light Control Decoder has not been discontinued, but Kato U.S.A. has no ETA for when they will be available again. ETA Unknown" I got RG Rokko to put 6 of these in their next package coming this week. I know they had a shortage a couple of years ago when Digitrax ran into production delays because of a hurricane. Link to comment
katoftw Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 They are built in batches. Seems yearly. They become in short supply and abother batch is done. 1 Link to comment
Brett Posted February 5, 2021 Share Posted February 5, 2021 I got 6 recently from plaza japan,and after installing them i might not get them again,they seem a little unpredictable,and are very easy to cook. This is just my opinion of course. Link to comment
chadbag Posted February 5, 2021 Share Posted February 5, 2021 They are easy to cook. Taking your time and double checking that everything is correct and nothing has gotten out of place can alleviate most problems. If installed properly they work fine though depending on your programmer they are sometimes hard to set an address on as the wagon by itself doesn't draw a lot of current. In the first couple batches I had I lost a few to a bad install. Last couple batches I have not lost any as I pay more attention and double check. Link to comment
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