DCC conversion issue

[FEC]

@crusader27529 in the meantime found out that I’m not the first with a melted shell due to the led heating up. If I would have known this upfront, I never should have installed the Digitrax. The led is factory installed by Digitrax.

[MK]

This is the first time I've read about a plug-n-play decoder from the factory melting a shell, regardless of brand.  Not saying it can't happen.  99% of my fleet used Digitrax decoders, most with the big honking LED before the SMD LEDs showed up on the scene (I have those too) and never encountered any heat issue.

You should send it back to Digitrax and asked them what burned up.  Maybe some other component other than the LED.  They'll probably replace the decoder too.

[peteski]

This is the first time I've read about a plug-n-play decoder from the factory melting a shell, regardless of brand. 
You should send it back to Digitrax and asked them what burned up.  Maybe some other component other than the LED.  They'll probably replace the decoder too.

Same here. Unless the decoder was in-fact defective from the factory, had a weak components which failed under normal operating conditions, or was exposed to some conditions that caused some component to fail catastrophically.

FEC, you removed the decoder, but do you still have it?  Can you take a clear close-up photo of the decoder area which was directly under the melted plastic? 

While I'm not a big fan of Digitrax, I have not heard of any excessive number of Digitrax decoder failures (no more than what I would expect for any decoder).