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#Post#: 3056-------------------------------------------------- |
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Limited power from LW transformer |
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By: Bope Date: December 27, 2023, 2:27 pm |
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I am trying to resurrect my train set from my childhood. It |
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probably has not been set up for at least 30 years. It is an O |
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gauge that my father bought in the early '60's. I hooked up the |
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LW transformer and you can hear the engine gets some power when |
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turning on the transformer and the light in the bumper at the |
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end of a siding fluctuates depending on the controller position. |
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If I put a multimeter on the variable output or the constant 18V |
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or 14V posts I get no reading. Again I can hook the constant |
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voltages to the track and the bumper lights up but the train |
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engine just hums a little. Any idea what could be wrong with the |
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transformer? It must be putting out some current but not enough |
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for the multimeter to read. I did put the meter on a battery and |
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it read 1.5V so it is not the meter. |
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#Post#: 3058-------------------------------------------------- |
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Re: Limited power from LW transformer |
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By: Bope Date: December 28, 2023, 9:56 am |
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I thought for sure these trains ran on DC. Switched the |
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multimeter to AC and all of a sudden I have voltage. Nothing |
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seems to be wrong with the transformer. Now need to see why the |
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engines won't run. They may need some more TLC. |
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#Post#: 3059-------------------------------------------------- |
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Re: Limited power from LW transformer |
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By: Bope Date: December 28, 2023, 11:48 am |
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Also found a switch that was shorting the track. After 30+ years |
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it is running once again. |
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