Lionel plug and play icing station question

Can you Look under the platform, can you see the color of the wires going to the motor?  It sounds like you have It wired wrong.   Maybe the instructions are wrong.  You don't need the plug and play track sections for these accessories unless you want to use them.   

I agree with Sandjam. The nice thing about the PnP track section is that no electrical knowledge is needed beyond getting the item plugged in. If it doesn't work in that configuration then there is something wrong. I bought the PnP control tower and it works correctly. However, I did have to make some adjustments to the switch. I had to disassemble it and adjust (bend) the contacts to get things to work properly. The switch is a clever design but the contacts inside have some tolerance issues.

Steve

Thank you both for your replies. I wound up going back to the retailer where they have a power supply set up for testing. The tech. was able to reproduce my shorting issue when connecting the switch. He opened up another icing station and we tried a different switch, and everything worked as expected. 

In this case it was a defective switch. I did open it up to look at it before going back to the store, just so I could get a peek at the design. I'm going to open up the new one and take a look, just so I can see what's different.

If it's not broken (yet), Don't fix it (or take it apart).

Most companies void the warranty if the item is opened up without their approval first.