I have an EZ command unit and it was working great for several months. ..then my mother-in-law came to town. My son(almost 3) loves and respects the trains and knows enough to ask for help and wont run them without me. My mother-in-law knows everything there is to know about everything and is a self proclaimed expert at everything. One day while I was out of town and she was in town, she decided she was an expert on trains. I had suspected that this might be a problem so I had actually unplugged the EZ command unit and set it on an adjacent shelf. This was not a strong enough hint or deterrent. I came home to find the unit plugged in and trains all over the tracks and derailed all over the place. Things had obviously been dragged all around by hand and she flatly told me "I think somethings wrong with it, I couldn't figure it out."
Now, I have no idea what happened, but the unit has no signs of life when I plug it in. I do recall in the instructions that it explicitly said to connect to the track before connecting power. Is it possible that if that was not done that she may have let the majic blue smoke out and the unit is cooked for good? I took the cover off hoping to find a fuse or obvious fried connection and was unable to see anything that looked obvious. After repeated pleas of "Daddy fix??" I had to tell my son that I couldn't fix it now..... The look on his face was heartbreaking. (so far he thinks daddy can fix everything)
Any suggestions or do I have to buy a new unit?
Now, I have no idea what happened, but the unit has no signs of life when I plug it in. I do recall in the instructions that it explicitly said to connect to the track before connecting power. Is it possible that if that was not done that she may have let the majic blue smoke out and the unit is cooked for good? I took the cover off hoping to find a fuse or obvious fried connection and was unable to see anything that looked obvious. After repeated pleas of "Daddy fix??" I had to tell my son that I couldn't fix it now..... The look on his face was heartbreaking. (so far he thinks daddy can fix everything)
Any suggestions or do I have to buy a new unit?