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I've been trying to get a new Pacific to run better on track power.
To begin with, the track/battery switch is wired differently from the manual--it runs on track power when the switch is to the left, while the manual says it should run on track power when set to the right. Ok, no biggie
I just checked to see if it was getting power from the tender. I tested the loco by itself on the track and it ran. Then I put the tender on the track, hooked it to the loco, and took the loco off--nothing. Then I switched the track/battery switch, and the loco ran while off the track.
So basically I can have either the track power pickup from the loco, or track power pickup from the tender, but not both.
Is there an easy way to fix this? I'd like to be able to have both tender and loco picking up power
Oh and I'll be using track power and the onboard 75 mhz TE
Thank you!
PS: I've read Greg Elmassian's very thorough page on this and I had a very hard time following it. The fault is mine, not Greg's. Also I don't have an ohmeter to check continuity, though I do have a basic multimeter. I'm hoping for a simple lunkhead answer like "switch these two wires!"
To begin with, the track/battery switch is wired differently from the manual--it runs on track power when the switch is to the left, while the manual says it should run on track power when set to the right. Ok, no biggie
I just checked to see if it was getting power from the tender. I tested the loco by itself on the track and it ran. Then I put the tender on the track, hooked it to the loco, and took the loco off--nothing. Then I switched the track/battery switch, and the loco ran while off the track.
So basically I can have either the track power pickup from the loco, or track power pickup from the tender, but not both.
Is there an easy way to fix this? I'd like to be able to have both tender and loco picking up power
Oh and I'll be using track power and the onboard 75 mhz TE
Thank you!
PS: I've read Greg Elmassian's very thorough page on this and I had a very hard time following it. The fault is mine, not Greg's. Also I don't have an ohmeter to check continuity, though I do have a basic multimeter. I'm hoping for a simple lunkhead answer like "switch these two wires!"