All,
I picked up a 2001 vintage PS2.0 Pennsylvania Consolidation H10, item 20-3055-1. it has a few issues I was hoping to get some help diagnosing.
The engine has time on it, but is recognized by DCS easily, runs in all directions, responds to all commands, activates sounds and turns on smoke unit properly. Smoke unit provides smoke, all lights function. Note - I have installed a BCR in the tender as the existing MTH NiCad was dead and having a hard time taking a charge.
There are 2 issues I am trying to diagnose:
1 - With the engine at maximum volume (by DCS Vol + and pot turned all the way up), the sounds are still quite low (no, I am not deaf from playing with trains - LOL). If I adjust the vol + vol - or volume pot the sounds do raise or lower, but the sounds are different levels of low (quiet). To note there may be a slight distortion to the speaker. Question, is the problem in the speaker, volume pot (still raises and lowers sound), or somewhere else?
2 - Front headlight and marker lights work fine with smoke unit off. When I turn the smoke unit on, it does smoke, but it sounds like scraping and the marker lights turn off and the front light flickers a bit then turns off. When I turn the smoke unit off, the lights come back on. Where do I look to diagnose this issue?
Thanks in advance for your help.
