Ok so the fans are blowing ,theres voltage across the connections ,wic_s are ok with plenty of fluid but heaters not working???
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Originally Posted by suncoasttrains:
Ok so the fans are blowing ,theres voltage across the connections ,wic_s are ok with plenty of fluid but heaters not working???
Suncoasttrains
I would give Marty Fitzhenry or GGG an Email to see if they got an answer I am taking and educated Guess here that your heaters are shot or have shorted. The Two gentlemen that I have mentioned are MTH Technicains and can really answer your question. I hope that this helps
Is this PS-1 or PS-2? If you really have voltage on the heat element and wick is good, either the elements are open, or the stack is blocked. Sometimes too much fluid can do that.
Unpowered, the resistors should measure 16 ohms for PS-1 and 8ohms for PS-2 (2 16 ohm in parallel).
If your not sure about the voltage on the heat elements, could be bad wire connection, bad tether wire for steam, or the FET is bad (Q-13) on the bottom of the PS-2 board.
Did you try a factory reset via DCS, or feature reset in conventional?
For PS-1 could be a bad trace on the PCB. G
Originally Posted by Bobbie21921:
Originally Posted by suncoasttrains:
Ok so the fans are blowing ,theres voltage across the connections ,wic_s are ok with plenty of fluid but heaters not working???
Suncoasttrains
I would give Marty Fitzhenry or GGG an Email to see if they got an answer I am taking and educated Guess here that your heaters are shot or have shorted. The Two gentlemen that I have mentioned are MTH Technicains and can really answer your question. I hope that this helps
GGG I hope i didnt overstep my bounds here
If i did I am sorry
just tried to help
Ps3, diesels , one of which is only a few months old. So what kills the heaters?
It's not likely to be the actual smoke unit, more likely to be wiring or the board.
You can open it up and unplug the smoke unit, then measure the resistance of the heating elements in the smoke unit. It should be nominally 8 ohms. If you get that, you have to look elsewhere for the issue.
Originally Posted by Bobbie21921:
Originally Posted by Bobbie21921:
Originally Posted by suncoasttrains:
Ok so the fans are blowing ,theres voltage across the connections ,wic_s are ok with plenty of fluid but heaters not working???
Suncoasttrains
I would give Marty Fitzhenry or GGG an Email to see if they got an answer I am taking and educated Guess here that your heaters are shot or have shorted. The Two gentlemen that I have mentioned are MTH Technicains and can really answer your question. I hope that this helps
GGG I hope i didnt overstep my bounds here
If i did I am sorry
just tried to help
No offense taken. G
Originally Posted by suncoasttrains:
Ps3, diesels , one of which is only a few months old. So what kills the heaters?
We don't know that we are there yet. Is it possible you overfilled the unit? G
