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Athearn FEF-3 lights w/Tsunami

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Athearn FEF-3 lights w/Tsunami
Posted by hdtvnut on Tuesday, February 9, 2010 4:21 AM

I changed the MRC decoder to a Tsunami, but don't see how to get both the headlight and Mars light to work.  The LED's each have a lead back to the tender, both their common lead apparently goes to a small PC board in the boiler which I can't reach easily. 

Has anybody gotten them to work correctly without a seventh wire back to the tender?

Hal

 

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Posted by CB&Q4-8-4Fanatic on Wednesday, February 24, 2010 7:34 AM
Have you tried programming the cv's or looking at the manual that came with the locomotive?
If you ran a no car train on no track, how long would it take to derail?
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Posted by hdtvnut on Friday, February 26, 2010 1:40 AM

Thanks to Joe Snoy for an answer to this one.  It was purely an electrical question, and no hint about it in the manual.

The board in the boiler effectively establishes a ground from track power for all front LED's.  Thus the blue common lamp lead from the decoder is not used, and no seventh wire is needed.

Hal

 

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