Change strobe rate on PS3 Upgrade

Well, you make it sound silly, when you put it that way.
I can try and make a long story, shorter.

First the earth cooled, then the rains came. Then I purchased an PS3 F40PH that had been upgraded to PS3 and tried swapping the sound files, and there was a short that ended up frying the board (when I messed with it) and yes, I’m back to a PS3 upgraded locomotive that now has the sound file I wanted (Lake Shore) but the stock strobe rate.

Whew.

It doesn't sound silly cause at least you got back to where you started.

I opened up my Williams Amtrak engine because it seemed to be running terribly slow.  While getting it open one side frame on one power truck crumbled.   I went ahead and took out any grease in the truck and repacked it.  While putting it back together the other side frame crumbled and the coupler broke.

Although the problem and objectives were a little different, I thought your outcome was much better than mine.

If you go up to the 4/2/21 post I explain.  They were not the same engine board set.  One is PS-3 and LED and the other is PS-32 for bulbs.  So the flash codes are different and must remain that way for PS-32.  Hence the different strobe rate. G

Got out to the club this weekend and was able to play with the F40PH.

Thanks!

-Mario

update!

I think I found an appropriate add on to help with the strobe rate.  I have purchased a few Circuitron PS-3 power supplies and FLA Amtrak flasher kits. 

From my research, I can use the PS-3 to convert the AC track voltage to the DC power needed for the FLA circuits, of which you can see a short video here (video not my own)...

I apologize for the video, but it is the only one that I could find of the kit installed.  The bulbs are small enough that they should fit inside the MTH strobe housing.

Stay tuned!

Thanks!

- Mario

Amtrak strobe kit FLA from Circuitron...