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I'm sure this gets asked a lot, but I'm looking for a PS1 bottom board if anyone has one.  I somehow managed to fry a resistor next to the battery wire socket and I don't have the equipment to precision solder a new one in.  It's for a MTH 20-3036-1 Class A articulated engine from 2000.

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I'm not sure what happened to the resistor.  This was a NOS engine from the warehouse.  I replaced the white battery with a Radio Shack 8.4v battery before running it.  It seemed to work normally for a time, but the battery didn't seem to be charging. Then the shut down sounds and  the continuous sound between switching from neutral stopped.  I replaced the battery with a BRC and it didn't  help.  I then noticed this resistor was blown out.  About how much would you fixing this board cost inc shipping, etc?

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Alan, it's been several weeks since I sent you this board and now over a week since I've heard back from you.  I've sent you several text messages with no reply.  What's the status of this board repair and when can I expect that you'll be sending it back?  This seems to be taking a long time for a simple solder job and it's unnerving that you don't reply to messages.

@Alan Mancus posted:

all u  need is a 180 ohm 1/4 watt resister if the rest of the board is ok i can replace your resister and mail it back to you! what did you d to burn out the resister

What he really needs is a 24 ohm resistor, that's what the color code RED/YELLOW/BLACK means.  The GOLD is the 5% tolerance rating.  Also, it's a 1/2 watt resistor, not a 1/4 watt.

I have plenty of PS-1 parts if you need them.  My e-mail in profile.  This whole white battery thing is a real ****er to me.  I just worked on a PS-1 that had a burst plastic shell on the white battery.  The engine started up and was working fine other than a motor drive section issue having nothing to do with a battery.  G

Well, like I said, this was a NOS engine and I removed the white battery before I ever put it on the track.  I replaced it with a new Radio Shack 8.4v rechargeable and it worked fine for several days.  Then it started not playing any shut down sounds and then I noticed the resistor next to the battery socket on the board was blown.  Hopefully once the resistor is replaced and I use a different 8.4v battery, the problem will be solved.

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