Whoa the gremlins

Model Railroader General Discussion (Model Railroader)
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Just as I was starting to congratulate myself on the electrical reliability of my layout, all this happened in one week:

  • two momentary switch machines and a panel indicator associated with them stopped working, apparently due to a capacitor problem on the home built pulse circuit.
  • my computer refuses to boot with a “Fan trouble” message, clearly due to the dusty basement
  • one of the two 12v power supplies that power 13 tortoises on the “analog controlled” section died with (I hope) an internal short.

I don’t think these are related, except perhaps the same gremlin did them. Oh well, starting from zero to analog control panels to full detection, signalling and panels … I had a pretty good run without trouble.

NP.

2

Time to call Ghostbusters!

3

By any chance is your name Murphy??

-Bob

4

Yes those pesky little critters we all love so fondly! Though I’d be very quiet about how you are going to eradicate them as PETA might be trolling!!

5

I told you not to walk under that ladder, but would you listen?

Dave Nelson

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Well, he was chasing that black cat under the ladder when he ran into the mirror, that he then broke!

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And probably holding an open umbrella indoors to boot!