Laidoffsick posted:I didn't get the ground "wrong"..... I just didn't hook it up
omitting the truth is not really a lie lol
Yes Mr. Clinton, of course you're right! 
Third one installed in a B&O EM1 today. Lots of room to work. These are well worth the $. Servo wire from the model plane store, 3 strand red, yellow, and black works great. All installs will have the same color code.
gunrunnerjohn posted:Laidoffsick posted:I didn't get the ground "wrong"..... I just didn't hook it up
Yes Mr. Clinton, of course you're right!
Now now John, easier said than done. We have all blown one up. In my case I had an open 5V and ground connected and that took it out. G
I've released the magic smoke a time or two, if you do enough of this stuff, it will happen. 
Got my cruise commander and chuff generator in my Lionel Pennsy T1 duplex. Like a completely different engine. Will be needing 4 more chuff generators in a little bit. Got to get some cash freed up first.
I can hear the cash registers jingling from here.
John, Are these products adaptable to conventional DC for 2 rail? I have quite a few straight DC articulated engines that could come to life with a smoking voice.
Well, the Super-Chuffer has run on conventional with a small mod, I have a "test" locomotive with one fitted so I could demonstrate that capability. The Chuff-Generator will work if you have a flywheel and 5V power, no problem with the Super-Chuffer as well.
For DC with the Super-Chuffer, you'd just need a full-wave bridge in front to make sure it has the proper polarity of DC, it's normally expecting AC but only rectifies the positive half cycle. You'd also need at least 7 volts DC track voltage to keep it running.
If I were looking at this environment, I'd probably be thinking of a 9V rechargeable battery with a charging circuit to keep things running during power interruptions or low voltage operation.
If you wanted sounds, I suspect similar measures would have to take place to supply power to the sound board.
