Genesis Light Bulb Problem!

[Anonymous]

I have a Athearn Genesis F unit that has less than 2 hours on it and already has two burned out bulbs. Although Athearn has promised to send me replacement bulbs, I wanted to know if others have had similar problems?

I run them with a MRC tech-4 350 power pack that puts out 30VA and 18.5 VDC to the rails.

Athearn suggested possibly adding some resistors but was no help in helping me figure out what size.

I also plan to upgrade to DCC in the coming year and am unsure what to do about the lights then also.

Any help will be greatly appreciated.

Jeff

[Anonymous]

Adding resistors is only necessary when converting an F unit to DCC. You may have a defective locomotive. Send Athearn an email and ask for a return authorization.

Frank Eva
Digital Railroader
http://home.wi.rr.com/frankeva/

[Anonymous]

i have had the same problem with my genesis locos to. i have 2 sd 70m's in santa fe colors and the ditch lights have burned out several times. i run command control via dynatrol. it is an analog system that draws from track voltage through a receiver in the unit. i am not to happy with the way it runs either. unfortunately i have no idea what is causing the problem.if you come up with any ideas please post them in this forum. thanks bob

[Anonymous]

Ah! Another person having a problem with those stupid 1.5v bulbs!
I'm in the process of getting an SD70 lights wired w/a DCC system. The best solution i've come up with so far is 250 ohms of resistor in series with the bulbs. Buy the miniatronics bulbs instead of Athearn replacements-much cheaper.
S Oehme