Farm Action

Detailing the farm. Adding cows and a fence and a stone wall.

Crisis averted

Believe it or not, I'm back in business. Thanks to Dil Huey who brought his spare power supply. We spent the morning troubleshooting, replacing and testing I/O boards. 4 of 26 were toast. 2 others had small problems, but I could move wires around to good places. The rest are working st this time. I spent the afternoon reprogramming the software to match the changes.

All toasted items are out for repair

Troubles in Paradise

Today I turned on the layout and I heard a pop, but I didn't know what it was. Then I smelt it. There was an electrical problem somewhere. The regulated power supply was is supposed to put out 13.8 vdc was putting out 26.6 vdc. This caused at least two I/O's to smoke. There maybe more. I won't know until I can replace the power supply.

This may cause the cancellation of a few op sessions.

The cavalry is on the way tomorrow and maybe then we can see the extent of the damage.