Hi Everyone;
I was getting ready to run my LTI 6-19xxx aluminum passenger cars when the following happened to the Coach:
I'm guessing that one (both?) of the Red wires connected to the pick-up roller shorted out against the stamped square opening (the edges on these opening are pretty sharp). And it appears LTI only used 20 ga wire back then.
Because I'm running DCS, I had the PW ZWs set at 18V (my control panel has voltmeters, ammeters and circuit breakers).
This damage happened in less than 5 seconds! And I pulled the plug on everything before the circuit breaker tripped.
I'm not using any of these passenger cars again until I rewire them with better insulated and heavier gauge wire.
BTW....the cardboard covering is from the factory. I guess this was installed to hide the wires?? Not a smart move.
Thought I'd pass this along.....