Help please::Transformer/Control to use 97’ General Steamer w/ PSD1

Well, I find it odd that the recommendation is to wire the transformer backwards.  I'd wire it properly and ignore that, it won't hurt anything either way.

BEFORE you power this up, replace the old battery!

Some Z-750 and or 1000 controllers can have chop issues that can effect very early PS-1 engines.  Yours is a 1997 and should run fine on either.  A John said replace battery with a new 8.4V rechargeable.  You can use a new 9V Alkaline to test engine if rechargeable not available yet.  You can also go with BCR if you choose.  G

I don't know if it's relevant to this issue or what, but I have a 500 transformer and controller, and I had to go into the controller and switch output wires so it would phase properly with the rest of my transformers, including a Z4000.  I also don't know what is meant by reverse technology. 

Good afternoon, 

I checked the voltage of the battery with a volt meter and it is putting out 8.4v, but I put an alkaline in to check, and same, train runs but no sounds.  Then I put the PSD Battery back in, when I added a little power it started the cling and clank but Dummy me interrupted it too quickly and sound quit.  Every time since then, no sound.  

FYI, a battery cannot accurately be checked with a voltmeter unless it's under load.

I have heard that a PS1 can have a problem if one tries to start with a bad battery, but I'll let GGG, THE electronics expert on the Forum, discuss that with you.

I hope I did not, I did not know about that with PSD1, I grew up with HO, learning O scale, I never realized such an issue.

There is a volume control under the tender for volume.  SOmetimes they can start silent depending how they were shut down.   I would make sure volume is on, I would also make sure you have a new 9V battery to start.  Then raise voltage to about 12V and let it start up.  You should here a ding ding.  Lower voltage to less then 10V.  This is required to come out of reset.  At that point hit the direction button and control like any other engine.  All this in the instructions.  G

volume is good, I must have miss understood the instructions, I thought I read at dirst keep it under 10v for the system check, hear a ding, then move up to 12v

I think I found the problem, but no idea where this goes, the blue and orange wire was laying under the bottom board near the soeaker , it looks as in pic 2 that is broke off somewhere

Those three wires on that connector go to a volume control, it's a 10K linear taper pot.

That is what I thought, fixable?

Sure, just solder the wires to the pot again!

Actually, in looking at your picture, that's part of the pot!  You'll need a new pot, obviously that one got broken somehow.

I think it may have happen in shipping, I am not having any luck finding a parts list to get the part number for a replacement volume pot, anyone know where to find?

hi check these out there are plenty of 10k pit here just find the size you need the th one are smaller then regular potentiometer

https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.htm...r+pot&_sacat=0s!

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Alan

Show me a picture, I have a number of them in various sizes from upgrades.

Yep, I have those. Send me an email to my profile email address.