@gunrunnerjohn posted:Yep, the smoke resistor for the regulator is an 8 ohm resistor. However, all the regulators I got from Lionel do the same thing, they start out fine, but after a few seconds they cut back the smoke to where I don't get any smoke volume.
While I spar with Lionel about getting working regulators, I'm going to put a bandaid on mine so I have a working locomotive. I'm building a small board that will switch in half-wave track power using the anemic signal you see here to trigger it, and I'll just swap the resistor and drive it from half-wave track power.
Just wondering... have you made any progress with Lionel support/parts on this issue?