You're not alone. About a year ago it happened to me. Plugged in the power supply into the Zephyr and it started smoking. Sent it back to Digitrax and they fixed it, but mine was under warranty. Yours must have shorted out the instant you turned it on or just before you shut it off the last time.
Tom
Be sure that fried electronics smell is not coming from the power supply.
Be sure that the surge protector is not tripped.
Be sure the fried electronics smell is not coming from your engine.
Be sure that you attached the correct power supply.
Disconnect everything, grab your volt meter, start at the outlet and work your way forward.
Dave
Lackawanna Route of the Phoebe Snow
jktrains wrote: Metra Kid 2 wrote: cacole wrote: How do you know the Zephyr is bad? Maybe you have a short in your new track and the internal circuit breaker is turning it off to protect the electronics. Connect the Zephyr to a piece of flex track that is not connected to anything else and see what happens. It wasnt plugged in to anything at all. It was just sitting on my train-table. The problem is the screen isnt showing up ColinIs anyone else confused? How does an electrical device become damaged by an electrical spike or anything else for that matter when "it wasn't plugged into anything at all" and now smells of fried electronics? Did an electrical surge jump out of the closest outlet and into the Zephyr? Such things don't just magically happen.
Metra Kid 2 wrote: cacole wrote: How do you know the Zephyr is bad? Maybe you have a short in your new track and the internal circuit breaker is turning it off to protect the electronics. Connect the Zephyr to a piece of flex track that is not connected to anything else and see what happens. It wasnt plugged in to anything at all. It was just sitting on my train-table. The problem is the screen isnt showing up Colin
cacole wrote: How do you know the Zephyr is bad? Maybe you have a short in your new track and the internal circuit breaker is turning it off to protect the electronics. Connect the Zephyr to a piece of flex track that is not connected to anything else and see what happens.
How do you know the Zephyr is bad? Maybe you have a short in your new track and the internal circuit breaker is turning it off to protect the electronics. Connect the Zephyr to a piece of flex track that is not connected to anything else and see what happens.
It wasnt plugged in to anything at all. It was just sitting on my train-table. The problem is the screen isnt showing up
Colin
Is anyone else confused? How does an electrical device become damaged by an electrical spike or anything else for that matter when "it wasn't plugged into anything at all" and now smells of fried electronics? Did an electrical surge jump out of the closest outlet and into the Zephyr? Such things don't just magically happen.
I don't see how that can happen.
Is it plugged in? Good battery (if it uses one)?
Rotor
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Metra Kid 2 wrote:Yup, i know its shot know because it has that " fried electronics smell " if ya know what im talking about
Anyone in your vicinity that may have used your equipment without your knowing or consent? Small child, thouchy-feely adult, monkey (j/k). Maybe someone not familiar with your stuff used it and messed it up.
TONY
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I hate to try the obvious, but does it have power? For sure?
Jeff But it's a dry heat!
I woke up a few days ago and wanted to test my trains out on the new curve i laid down and my 2 year old digitrax Zepher was blown! I called digitrax and they said thell fix it for about $50. Anyone else have similar problems? Im not to happy at all.