GGG posted:Your engine is a PS-1 engine. So just get the PS-3 steam upgrade kit. Upgrade the engine. Then get your large steam sound set and put it in your Water Tender. You can run 4 wire tether to control the Water Tender Light and PS-2 type coupler. Turn volume down for engine sounds on your engine and let the chuff run on the water tender.
Of course EER uses a magnetic chuff. So you do not have chuff rate control. But again you can get a chuff generator from John, but in the end you would be close to $500 in parts alone to get what you want. Sell it and buy a Legacy engine if you do not like the MTH sounds. Unfortunately, I would say the quality of that MTH Premier engine is better, but you prioritize what is important to you. G
Now THAT is a pretty darn good idea. The magnetic chuff might work well enough, but I don’t understand how the chuff generator works and would consider it if it’s an easy thing to program sync on. How does it work?
Shoot - now I am wishing I had just a generic black unlettered water tender to do this to so I could run it’s sound behind any lacking Steamer. That would be cool and efficient!
*FYI - I agree wholeheartedly that the quality of this MTH Daylight is unmatched. I have taken the whole thing apart and put it back together a few times. It is beautifully engineered and a mechanical Marvel. One of the best out of Korea. I also own the older Legacy 4436 version - simply because it’s the only O Gauge Daylight with the most correct whistle and I got it for an absurd deal (otherwise I wouldn’t care for 4436). But the Chinese build is nothing like the MTH. It’s not bad, and it’s very good looking....but it ain’t the same as the MTH. Love the sounds though!
