@Hank TTR posted:Having an issue with a Legacy engine 6-28305 CSX #610 AC6000 Dummy. The smoke unit is not working. Any ideas?
All three components are replaced with new parts: 620-8265-200 Smoke Unit, 691-ACRG-103 AC Regulator, and R4LC. The smoke fan motor responds to the CAB2 on/off. At the first application of power, the smoke unit starts to operate and produce smoke. After about 90 seconds, the smoke disappears and one can hear an oscillation in the smoke unit matching the blinking of the cab lights. (The cab lights are blinking, NOT flashing with the morse signal indicating a smoke issue).
Each smoke unit shows 6.0 to 6.2 ohms across the smoke resistor. This is NOT good. The recommendation is change the resistors to 8 Ohm units to prevent regulator burnout and failure.
Any ideas? The same thing is happening to the 6-28298 CSX #608 and 6-28299 CSX #609.
Again, very important- the recommendation long has been to change to 8 Ohm smoke resistors on these units with the external smoke regulator.
One thought- did you properly set the R4LC function code when setting the ID?
We check the manual https://www.lionelsupport.com/...s/57636728298250.pdf
Page 23
TrainMaster Command Control operations
Reprogramming your locomotive to restore features
If your locomotive is unresponsive to your commands in the TrainMaster Command Control
environment, we recommend that you follow this procedure to reset your locomotive.
1. Slide the Command reverse unit switch to the PGM position.
2. Plug in and connect your Command Base.
3. Place your locomotive on the track, then power up the track.
4. Press ENG and enter the locomotive’s ID#.
5. Press SET.
6. Press ENG and enter the locomotive’s ID# again.
7. Press AUX1.
8. Enter 2 for this particular locomotive.
9. Turn off track power and wait ten seconds.
10. Slide the Command reverse unit switch back to the RUN position.
At this point, your locomotive has been reset. Restore power to the track and operate the
locomotive as usual. Be sure to use the ID# entered in Step 4
Steps 7 and 8 are what determines what functions and outputs do for a specific locomotive type.
