This forum is supposed to be about helping each other with questions; or, problems we have in the hobby. Making declarative statements about things that might not be completely correct are not at all helpful to the O.P. and sort of defeat the purpose of these forums. The only entity which should answer questions on what a manufacturer will and will not do, should be that manufacturer!
When someone is asking for help and you’re going to post something, “THINK” am I being as helpful to the Original Poster as I can possibly be?
I know, I have been guilty of doing exactly what I have described above! So, sometimes it is difficult to be unbiased, however unbiased answers are what people are looking for. We can all try to do better!
Now then, now then, what’s all this then? [4:-)] Are we talking about helping the OP with his issue, or are we all talking about how other people are not helping? If the former, carry on. If the latter, move along.
Our club has two of those throttles, Both that show symptoms of the capacitor issue. I took one home and pulled it apart to see if I could replace them myself…There are probably 20 of those tiny things in there and it seemed like it was a lot of work (for me) to replace them all as a guess to see if it would fix them. Since many members have their own throttles, and we have a couple dt300’s that work for guests, the 2 throttles will sit in the box, probably forever. I would suggest to our club president to try and sell them on Ebay, but doubt it’s worth any members’ time to put effort into it (who would buy a broken throttle?). I’m pretty sure everything else in the throttle works (encoders, keypad, display, etc) but it acts funky…display flashes between two readouts. If you attend train shows in the Detroit metro area, I might be able to do a private sale but shipping is probably more than it’s worth for either of us (or the club). PM me if you want to meet up at a future Detroit area train show, I’ll also be at FreeMo setups in Van Wert, OH and Flint, MI in a few months…