PS2 Upgraders, watch out for this!

Hugh,

Bummer! George is the best one that I know of for repairing boards if it's possible.

Good Luck

Hugh, I will give it my best, but if Red AC hit Gray 5VDC, we may have a problem in Houston.  G

I noticed this on one of my conversions and laid 2 layers of electrical tape inside the frame, after I had Dremeled out as much as possible.  I also had to cut some of the PCB to get it to fit.  Guess I was lucky nothing shorted.

I'm eventually going to do my Weaver/MTH 4-6-0 hybrid and honestly the tail of the chassis where the board sits looks like it's too small, I may have to add something for the board to mount onto.

Hope George can save it Hugh!  (If this BIG snow we're getting down here doesn't get in the way, right G?)

George,

I don't know what that warning means, but that was my guess when I looked at it first time.

Hugh;

I have also had similar shorts at the plug wiring a time or two.

You can't be too careful in this area.

Rod

It's always a good idea to inspect this area closely.  I also try to make sure there is room above, even to the point of some Dremel work to create more space if possible.  I do trim the pins flush as part of my installation.

Some locomotives seem to leave very little room for the connector.  On a number of them I've had to relocate the two diodes up into the wiring as they wouldn't fit, even for some PS/1 conversions.

AC on the 5VDC tends to damage the processors and microchips.  They don't like AC.

Hence the pun " Houston we have a problem" from the Apollo missions.  G

Hugh,

Where do you purchase 'Duct Seal'?

I use a minimum of 2 layers of electrical tape.

Bruce

Bruce, it is used by electricians to seal openings around anything they do where there is not a tight fit, like a pipe through a concrete wall.

Home Depot will have it in the electrical and plumbing departments. It comes in a 'brick' and you work it like silly putty!

Oh OH!

Bob,

Must have been some other stuff,

This is not like that