Hello,
Has anyone opened up their Gen 2.0 Dash 9 yet? I seem to have an issue with my right side number board LED. I love how Athearn has set up the light wiring on this Loco with posts on a circuit board carrying current to a pad on the body instead of having all the wires connected from the lights directly to the board. However now that I have an LED not working it is a but difficult to trace the issue. It did not work out of the box. The wires in the body to the pad in the roof all seem to be connected with the black press fit tabs, as well as, at least as far as I can tell, the wiring on the board seem to be connected to the pad on the chassis so that leaves me thinking either the LED to the number board is bad or a wire is broken somewhere. My issue is the pad in the roof is easy to remove but not sure how to get the number board LED out if that is the issue. It seems the cab will have to come off as well as a black plastic piece that works as a light block at the top of the nose. I have emailed Athearn but it usually is a long wait to hear back.
Is there something I am missing I should try first? I would hate to ship this back to Athearn if it is a simple issue.
Thanks,
SB
Can you post a photo so that we can see the wiring setup?
Rich
Alton Junction
SB.
How sure are you that it's an LED? I thought Athearn still uses the 1.5 volt bulbs. If it's an LED it could be just wired backwards. If possible can you swap the two wires and see if it works.
Pete.
Pete, Athearn Genesis has finally started using LEDs instead of those old unreliable incandescent bulbs. I am not sure if the entire Genesis line of diesels uses LEDs now, but the 9-44cw is now equipped with LEDs.
Thanks Rich.
The last Athearn Genesis I worked on was over a decade ago. A pair of F3 I think. They were DCC ready and the club member wanted decoders put in. I remember them well because they were screwed to the packaging.
Good idea I will go look at it again and see if I can trace the wire to which posts it goes to.
blabrideGood idea I will go look at it again and see if I can trace the wire to which posts it goes to.
I have a few and they work fine. If I were you, I would either return to the vendor or contact Atheran and let them to repair.... I had one Atheran Genesis that had an issue. I returned to MBK and they exchanged a new one...
Jerry