The K-line parts dept. is (919) 942-1116
I have had no problems activating my conventional locomotive wistles on
the layout. Yes, when you press the horn/Whistle button it should send
the proper DC signal down the center rail for the whistle. I don't know
which one, but I do know that the whistle and bell signals are opposite one
another.
For instance with a locomotive that has both a bell and a whistle you can
switch which one is activated by switching the polarity of the "D" cell
battery in a postwar whistle/bell button.
If Hugh's whistle wont sound on the club layout with the whitle button
try the bell button to see if that activates it. The wires could be
crossed inside the tender.
Ed
Pauwels Mike-rycl90
<Mike.Pauwels@motorola.com> wrote:
Y'all,
I
have taken apart Hugh's engine yesterday to find out why the smoke is
intermittent. As someone had suggested, the resister had burned up. However
I have not been successful in finding a replacement resistor (and the
fiberous element covering it) anywhere on the web. Could someone direct me
to a supply for these parts? The engine is a K-line, and I wrote the website
for advice but so far no answer.
I have also investigated why his
tender whistle wouldn't work. After disassembling, testing, reverse
engineering, etc. I found out that the whistle actually does work if the
transformer connections to the track are reversed. In a conventional
whistling tender, the whistle is activated by the superimposed DC on the
track using a DC relay. The polarity of the relay was not
significant.
However with the electronic switch used by the K-line
tender is polari! ty sensitive. When I reversed the transformer leads, the
circuit switched the current properly. This brings me to a question for you
experts out there. When the whistle switch is closed, is the center track
supposed to be positive with respect to the outside tracks? Is that the way
the club layout is wired? Do the club command controls actually apply
conventional whistle signals to the tracks? (His whistle didn't seem to work
on the club layout either.)
Regards,
Mike
Pauwels
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