Greetings, I have a set of Athearn Budd B&O passenger cars that have Easy Peasy lights installed on the inside roofs. I purchased these used a couple of years ago, and all of the lights worked at the time.
I run these only around the tree at the holidays. This year, lights in two of the cars are not working, so I assumed it was the batteries. The lighting strip was connected to the inside roof with two-way tape. I carefully removed the strips and replaced the batteries in both cars. However, they are not working.
I guess I could assume that the replacement batteries are bad. But is there anything else obvious I should be aware of when troubleshooting? The connections all look good.
Thanks in advance!
I have a couple of these and I haven't used them in a couple of years, so I'm sure my batteries are dead also.
Web site says the LR41 batteries. Maybe turn them over? switch them around? I don't think there is anything in the reed switch that could go bad, but I'm not sure.
I'll have to get what cars that I have these in out of the drawer and check it out.
Mike.
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mbinsewi I have a couple of these and I haven't used them in a couple of years, so I'm sure my batteries are dead also. Web site says the LR41 batteries. Maybe turn them over? switch them around? I don't think there is anything in the reed switch that could go bad, but I'm not sure. I'll have to get what cars that I have these in out of the drawer and check it out. Mike.
Thanks, those are the batteries I have. I wonder if one battery is supposed to face up and one down?
On this N scale Youtube video, they both go in with the flat end facing away from the board.
Henry
COB Potomac & Northern
Shenandoah Valley
A few things THAT may help, who knows. Take the light bar out of the car and check the contacts where the two bateries go, make sure they are clean and no corrosive material is attached to the contacts. If you see green or fuzzy deposits use an emory board or small file and clean the contacts where the batteries go. Always make sure the + and - sides of the batteries are right, the nipple on the battery, the raised area goes in the right direction on both connectors. Sometime you may need to wiggle the batteries to make sure you have good contact.
Certainly check the light bar to make sure that there are no disconnect within the bar itself, and of course make sure the batteries are new.
Thank you,
Robert Sylvester
Newberry-Columbia Line, SC
Make sure the wand with the magnet is functional, when you run the magnet over the light unit you should feel it being pulled to the activator end of the lighting terminal which turns the lights on and off.
BigDaddyOn this N scale Youtube video, they both go in with the flat end facing away from the board.
Thanks, that's how I have them. I tried a different pack of batteries from a different manufacturer, and those didn't word either.
Any other ideas?
Check the batteries with a meter to make sure they have a steady output.
Brent
"All of the world's problems are the result of the difference between how we think and how the world works."
Well, I used some contact cleaner and Q tips to remove corrosion (if any), and it still does not work. I don't have a battery meter, so unless I get one, I can't measure the voltage of the batteries. I can assume at this point that there is an issue with the batteries, or perhaps the light has burned out? How long have they been making Easy Peasy lights? Do they eventually just burn out?
The batteries I am using are AG3 aka LR41. I am told that these are appropriate for Easy Peasy HO.
Many thanks!
You could put a set of the questionable batteries in a car that lights and see what happens.
floridaflyerYou could put a set of the questionable batteries in a car that lights and see what happens.
Good idea. Many thanks. I often need adult supervision for these kinds of situations.