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glight1		#1 Posted : 02 July 2016 14:38:58(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 23/02/2011(UTC) Posts: 171 Location: Kansas, USA		My beloved Wurttemberg K that runs very smoothly has stopped making sound. I hear occasional pops and cracks but that is all. I assume that it is either the sound decoder or a bad speaker. This is a fairly old version of the K so I'm guessing that parts are no longer available. Does anyone know if this would be a ESU decoder or if parts from the current crop of K's would fit? Thanks in advance, Gary


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H0		#2 Posted : 02 July 2016 15:22:59(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 16/02/2004(UTC) Posts: 15,265 Location: DE-NW		Hi, Gary, it must be an ESU decoder. An old one made for a speaker impedance in the 50 through 100 ohms range. New decoders (ESU and Märklin) use speakers with 4 through 8 ohms.
		Regards Tom --- "In all of the gauges, we particularly emphasize a high level of quality, the best possible fidelity to the prototype, and absolute precision. You will see that in all of our products." (from Märklin New Items Brochure 2015, page 1) ROFLBTCUTS

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kiwiAlan		#3 Posted : 02 July 2016 18:13:20(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 23/07/2014(UTC) Posts: 8,104 Location: ENGLAND, Didcot		Originally Posted by: H0 Hi, Gary, it must be an ESU decoder. An old one made for a speaker impedance in the 50 through 100 ohms range. New decoders (ESU and Märklin) use speakers with 4 through 8 ohms. And those ESU speakers were notorious for going open circuit, because of the fine wire used in them. I suspect this is what has happened to yours. It was a relatively common occurrence to have a brand new loco arrive with no sound, and the speaker needed replacing.

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