which (chain) soundfile to load?

Engineer-JoeOGR Forum Member SUPPORTING MEMBER

I'm reading other posts and it occurred to me that I made a mistake. I acquired a used PS3 board out of a tin plate engine. There's only one board. I mistakenly put it into a Weaver steam M1 engine that I was upgrading. I figured as long as it had sounds and a headlight, I'd be happy. So I changed out the sound set to a PS3 file for a matching MTH engine. The engine keeps shorting and shutting down so I put her on a shelf waiting for me to troubleshoot on a better day. The shorting is intermittent and I haven't found the source. It seems like it's the main drivers and maybe they're shorting from the side rods?

Being a single PS3 board, I put in the wrong steam chain files. So now I'm reading I should have chosen a PS2 file (if it was an upgrade board kit)?

or should I use this board for only diesel apps? ( I believe I did that last time)

I was going to abandon the engine if I couldn't figure it out.

4/6/199:58 AM

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gunrunnerjohnOGR Forum Member SUPPORTING MEMBERDIGITAL SUBSCRIBER

What specific board did you start with here?

4/6/1910:53 AM

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Engineer-JoeOGR Forum Member SUPPORTING MEMBER

Sorry GRJ, I think I am wrong about the board's origin. I have so many projects that I forget which one is which. I believe that the install was going better than I remember. I do know that the engine keeps throwing the breaker. At one point I found that the main drivers were a dead short across with my meter. It is intermittent though. The engine will run fine and then I believe it shorts going into the first curve. I remember thinking that the drivers might be shorting on the side rods but never went any further.

I was going only by some poor memory, I believed it was a tin plate steam. I really forget which one it was. Had very basic sounds loaded and chuffed very little per axle turn. I bought 2 of these over some time difference and that's clouding which one this was.

Now I think it was a RK steam board set! I see a boiler board.