I just picked up a EP5, I run three loops and the Lionel diesel and steam drown out the EP5 by comparison. Is there any internal volume control?
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Most Williams engines(not all) have a sound unit inside. Find the speaker wires and trace them back to the sound circuit board and look for what looks like an old style volume switch for a TV set, as it is the volume adjustment, also called a sound pot(potentiameter, spelling might be off). Use a flat blade screwdriver to adjust the volume, if it has some kind of wax like build-up on it it needs to be cleaned first then adjusted.
Lee Fritz
Originally Posted by phillyreading:
Most Williams engines(not all) have a sound unit inside. Find the speaker wires and trace them back to the sound circuit board and look for what looks like an old style volume switch for a TV set, as it is the volume adjustment, also called a sound pot(potentiameter, spelling might be off). Use a flat blade screwdriver to adjust the volume, if it has some kind of wax like build-up on it it needs to be cleaned first then adjusted.
Lee Fritz
Thanks much..will do
Originally Posted by electroliner:
Originally Posted by phillyreading:
Most Williams engines(not all) have a sound unit inside. Find the speaker wires and trace them back to the sound circuit board and look for what looks like an old style volume switch for a TV set, as it is the volume adjustment, also called a sound pot(potentiameter, spelling might be off). Use a flat blade screwdriver to adjust the volume, if it has some kind of wax like build-up on it it needs to be cleaned first then adjusted.
Lee Fritz
Thanks much..will do
Your welcome.
FYI, I own several Williams engines and do most of my own repairs to them.
Lee Fritz
When you adjust the sound to the desired level, make sure that you put a TINY (toothpick size) dab of Duco cement or glue on the turning member so it holds its position. I've seen the low volume problem on a couple of Bachmann Williams engines that I own. This would seem to indicate that running vibrations cause movement in the position of the adjustment pot.
Originally Posted by Dennis LaGrua:
When you adjust the sound to the desired level, make sure that you put a TINY (toothpick size) dab of Duco cement or glue on the turning member so it holds its position. I've seen the low volume problem on a couple of Bachmann Williams engines that I own. This would seem to indicate that running vibrations cause movement in the position of the adjustment pot.
Thanks Dennis...will do.
Originally Posted by Dennis LaGrua:
When you adjust the sound to the desired level, make sure that you put a TINY (toothpick size) dab of Duco cement or glue on the turning member so it holds its position. I've seen the low volume problem on a couple of Bachmann Williams engines that I own. This would seem to indicate that running vibrations cause movement in the position of the adjustment pot.
Is this a Williams by Bachmann thing? I have never used any glue to keep the volume switch in position, as all my Williams engines are pre Bachmann.
Lee Fritz
