Hey GunrunnerJohn, man I need some help!
I'm not sure if I'm doing something wrong that just cost me 2 Super Chuffer cards or if I got 2 bad cards when I ordered them. I wired in the first one, went over my wiring against the diagram multiple times because this is my first go at something like this. I put power to the test track. The Cruise Commander and RailSounds came up like they were supposed to. I saw the Chuff Generator LED lit up. Put a little throttle to it and nothing from the Super Chuffer and I noticed the headlight LED was not lit. I powered down, checked my wiring again. Powered it up again and no LED on the Chuff Generator and nothing from the Super Chuffer. Just a heated smoke element. After checking I found no power from the 5v circuit and the headlight LED was blown by a 10v output from the headlight out circuit. Checked the diagram and that was the only LED not shown with a resistor. I assumed because of the rule 17 that the board handled that. So I installed a resistor on the headlight LED and tried the second card I had. Again the LED worked on the Chuff Generator but nothing from the Super Chuffer then the 5v circuit went away on that card too. But at least the headlight LED didn't blow as the resistor saved it. It did light up, but at full intensity. I powered it all down and did a walk away and do something else before I blew a gasket... Later I went to check the voltage going to the headlight but when I put power to the test track something popped on the Super Chuffer. I've been through my wiring over and over checking against the diagram and I'm at a loss. All the Cruise Commander and RailSounds are still working fine. What ever popped on the Super Chuffer and let its magic smoke out didn't spike the TMCC and sound. Any ideas? I'm about ready to scrap the Super Chuffer and Chuff Generator idea and just run the smoke unit off a constant voltage power source and use the reed switch for the sound.
