Lionel 693-8034t01 tender w/circus sounds. just received a replacement sound board #6931943T40 Circus Sound PCB. There are no volume controls or switches. Removed nonworking board, checking pickup wires f/bare spots & continuity & speaker 8ohms All look good. Installed new board. Two wires to board from pickups . 1 wire to speaker. No sound Checked all wires for continuity. Checked power from track to board. I have continuity & power No sound. Questions I have, why is there 2 different power inputs to the board side by side 1 from the front truck and 1 from the rear truck. since I'm a curious person, I took the original board cut the plug wires from the pickups to the board to eliminate the pickups. I than connected a speaker 8ohms to the original board . I now have a PCB sound board w/ speaker and two plugs each w/hot & ground wires which I can connect from my transformer. I tried 1 set of leads & got nothing. Tried the other set nothing . I than tried reversing the hot & ground on the first set & got circus sound. When it ended I went to the other set of leads and it started again but when it ended it took a while to get it going again. Its very erratic. I tried different combinations w/these 2 sets of leads, you can not connect them together two completely different circuits. I watch my amps & volts closely on my transformer if I spike I disconnect or shut power off. If anyone can explain whats going on I sure would appreciate it.
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