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So I'm stumped at what is going on with my upgrade.

I've double checked the wiring and the Chuff-Generator is working fine (I get a signal every quarter turn based on the board LED).

But, I am not getting any chuff signals to the Cruise Commander (sound) or the smoke fan "chuffing".  When I run the engine fast, I occasionally get a chuff or a fan chuff in time sometimes with a sound chuff (but only occasionally).  My lights are also not working (they are grain of wheat bulbs, not LEDs).

What I did:

Since this is a new install, once everything was in and wired, I programmed the Engine to be Engine 95 and then pressed AUX1 - 4 while still in program mode.  I retraced all my wires through the connector between the Engine and Tender.  Lastly, I made sure the the Super Chuffer is insulated from the body.

What works:

Idle Sounds, Whistle, Bell, Rear Coupler, Rear Light.

Here is a video I took.  You can see the the light on the Chuff-Generator working as I wanted (every quarter turn), but you won't hear any chuff, and if you look at the smoke fan, you will see that it only stops spinning once in a while.

Did I do something wrong or is the board bad?

Thanks in advance.

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Well, the Rule-17 headlight output is ONLY for LED, so any GOW bulb won't work there.  As for other things, I'd have to know EXACTLY how it's wired ( like a diagram ) to know what might be happening.  Obviously, every Super-Chuffer is bench tested on my test set before it leaves, so the possibility of a failure is pretty rare, but anything's possible.  Also, incorrect wiring can, of course, cook them.

The included heatshrink is to protect the Super-Chuffer, having it out in the open is not as safe.

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I was hoping you would reply.  

I did not know that about the lights - once I moved the wires back to the Cruise Commander only, lo and behold, everything started working.  I guess the lights on the Chuff-Generator caused the other problems.

Thanks for letting me know about the lights!

 

Yep, you were probably overloading the power supply on the Super-Chuffer.  I thought the instructions were pretty clear on the headlight requirement.

You can connect the LED for the main headlight and then just connect any other lights to the Cruise board.  That way you get the Rule-17 lighting, and still can power the other lights.

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