...The packaging says that the fans can be rotated - Not that they are powered.
Jim
Modeling BNSF and Milwaukee Road in SW Wisconsin
Turining fans were the subject of an article in MR in the early 70's, of course then it took a dummy loco and a motor set up to turn the fans. In the 80's Proto2000 did it with the FA's, the fan turned by a rubber band that ran in a pulley groove machined in the one flywheel.
Most better quality locos today have seperate pieces for the fans, instead of having them molded in to the housing, and they may indeed turn if you touch them, btu they are NOT hooked up to any sort of device that would make them turn.
--Randy
Modeling the Reading Railroad in the 1950's
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Don't give the manufacturers any ideas. They cost enough the way it is! Although... Christmas, 2011, I had a Kato WC SD45 running on my Christmas layout, and one of my BIL's mentioned that the fans weren't turning. I told him they were controled by a thermostat, and to go get us another beer.
Mike.
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I have two and I don't remember anything in the advertising or the packaging that said that the fans rotated.
Joe
thorpu All systems work except the cooling fans(reprogrammed or road number etc) I can not turn on the cooling fans. Any help will be appreciated
All systems work except the cooling fans(reprogrammed or road number etc) I can not turn on the cooling fans. Any help will be appreciated
Does the advertising for the loco say anything about the fans moving?
My GP40-2 does not.
Rich
If you ever fall over in public, pick yourself up and say “sorry it’s been a while since I inhabited a body.” And just walk away.
Are you expecting the cooling fans to rotate? Or are you talking about the 'sound' of them from the DCC sound decoder installed? I suspect you have an Atlas 'Gold' series model with a QSI sound decoder factory installed. F4 & F5 should start the fan sounds. F4 controls the diesel fan sounds and F5 controls the DB fan sounds. Pressing F5 while the engine is moving will drop the engine sound to 'idle' and start the DB fan sound only if the engine is moving at or above 9 SMPH and not accelerating. If in idle, the sound is not generated(per the instructions). Here is the link to the full manual. Look at pages 24-26.
http://www.atlasrr.com/DCC/Revised%20%20Quantum%20Titan%20User%20Manual.pdf