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ERR Cruise and Railsounds Bell Constantly rings

BeefyTBeefyTOGR Forum Member DIGITAL SUBSCRIBER

Okay, so I searched for this topic and I couldn’t find an entry.  So I have a Lionel engine that I gutted and put brand new ERR cruise and Railsounds (connected by wired tether) and I’m just about done chasing gremlins and the last I tested it, upon initialization the bell sounds without a button press or command from cab2.   Chuffs still work as well as other commands.   If I remove the tether and leave the engine on the track the bell sounds, if I remove the engine the bell stops sounding.   I don’t think it’s the tether I think I have something grounded out on my locomotive but I can’t seem to isolate it.  I also have installed a chuff generator as well as super chuffer.  Everything worked like it was supposed to and now I’ve developed a constant ringing bell.  Any troubleshooting advice would be greatly appreciated.  

regards,

Tony Sunday

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BeefyTBeefyTOGR Forum Member DIGITAL SUBSCRIBER
@gunrunnerjohn posted:

What transformer are you using, and are you connecting through a Powermaster?

I’m using a z4000 and also through my wtiu (not for control just all my tracks go through wtiu).  It wasn’t doing it earlier.  I had a solder joint break to my chuff earlier (unrelated-I think) that I had opened it up to inspect and repair and when I put it back together it started doing this.  

-Tony

BeefyTBeefyTOGR Forum Member DIGITAL SUBSCRIBER
@gunrunnerjohn posted:

Can you ring the bell under command control?  If so, try it without the WTIU in the picture.

John,

No change by removing wtiu .  In command mode it responds to the whistle command but I cannot ring the bell or disable the bell.  If I disconnect the tether the bell persists while the locomotive is on the track.  If remove the locomotive from the track and apply power there is no bell.  If I disconnect the base 2 from the track it works just fine in conventional mode and the bell responds to the transformer as it should.

-Tony

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