Thanks, Bob. Probably a couple months away but I've got a USRA Pacific I need to put a decoder in so this is helpful. Curious, where did you put the speaker?
George Courtney --- In [email protected], Bob Werre <bob@...> wrote: > > For some reason, I've been struggling in replacing a decoder in my USRA > Mike. I've always reached the point of everything doing fine until > putting the boiler and tender shells into position. That's why I had > asked about the capacitor a couple of days ago. I've found the > problem! It was with the LED headlight. I had used a 3mm with the > leads snipped short and run into the boiler front--I had coated the wire > leads with liquid insulation. It had worked in the past, but when I > hooked it up Tuesday evening the engine's chuff sound went crazy with > the engine just sitting there. Is is sort of like if you turned on the > water in the bathroom sink and your outside sprinkler system turns > on--in other words it didn't make sense! > > Anyway I unplugged the headlight wires and things were okay. So I then > removed the LED and installed one of those surface mounted > super-miniature units as a replacement. I re-installed the boiler last > night and things are pretty much solved. I did burn out the forward > headlight function, so I've reversed the engines front to back CV and > now use the rear light function as the forward light--a few minutes of > work but it saves a repair session back to Durango. Tonite I'll add the > pilot and trailing trucks and be running trains again--fingers crossed! > > I've done many successful DCC installations but this one was pretty sneaky. > > Bob Werre > BobWphoto.com > ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
