So I guess it's all your fault that they put in the wrong
resistor?
Big business today continues to amaze me.
Well, the good news is I can now scratch Athearn off my list of
possible new engine purchases!
On 5/11/2021 5:08 PM, Sam Robinson
wrote:
They say 203. Athearn told me because I installed
a tsunami2 I voided the warranty.
On Tue, May 11, 2021, 4:57 PM
Craig Zeni <
clzeni@...> wrote:
You have to look at the surface mount resistors; if
they say 203 they're 20,000 ohms.? They should be 222 or
202.? ?No, I don't know how to reach Athearn for a
replacement.
Craig Zeni
Cary, NC
Despatched from my infernal Android
Thank you for your reply Craig. If I do have
one of the boards with the wrong resistors
installed how do I tell?? If I do have one of the
boards that's wrong would you happen to know how I
go about getting a replacement?
Sam Robinson?
Lewiston, Maine
On Tue, May
11, 2021, 8:50 AM Craig Zeni <
clzeni@...>
wrote:
Some recent Athearn production
were made with 20,000 ohm resistors on their
lighting board instead of 2,000 ohm.? Makes
for very dim lights. Athearn is replacing
the boards, or buy a Decoder Buddy board
yourself.
Craig
Zeni
Cary, NC
Despatched from my infernal Android
Good morning,
I recently purchased a Athearn Genesis
GP40-2 non dcc/sound. It is the newest
version and came with a 21p connector. I
picked up a Soundtraxx Tsunami2 sound
decoder and installed it along with a
speaker. It still has the board it came
with. The only thing I changed was where
the black wires running from the front and
rear ditch lights went to functions on the
board. The issue I'm having is the front
and rear headlights aswell as front and
rear ditch lights are very very dim. This
model came equipped with LED's and there
are no resistors on the lights. I've tried
programming the decoder for "LED
compensation" and that didnt work. Anyone
have any ideas what would cause them to be
so dim and how I can fix it?
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Moran
