Re: Power Problems
- From: "Bill Sohl" <billsohl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2005 14:03:47 GMT
"Hunt James" <j.hunt@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:1125058557.23230.0@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Hello,
> I have just built my first layout, for about 18 years anyway. I used all
> new, hornby, track and it is currently 13 ft by about 3.5 ft. I have just
> tried a locomotive on it, FYI a class 66, and tried to move it down the
> track and nothing really happened. It recieved power and started to move,
> but as if it had really low amount of juice going to it. The same for my
> Lima Class 20. They do get power but its like you have barely turned the
> controller on. And as it moves further away from the controller the power
> drops until by about 4 ft along it stops; about a foot and a half for the
> 66.
>
> I have two old controllers, and they both seem to have the same affect. I
> have an old Hornby one, a very small about 2.5 by 1.5 inch one, with a red
> wheel on it; on its edge and an old Clipper one that used to be powerful
> enough sometimes, it felt, to raise the dead!
>
> Is this simply new track need a newer controller or is there some other
> reason for it ?
>
> Could someone please help ?
My guess is you have a bad/poor electrical connection somewhere.
Try the following:
1. Check the feedpoint connections to the track.
2. Is your layout divided into electrical blocks? If yes, check all
the wiring connections for each block. If No, then consider
creating electrical blocks.
3. Check all the track connectors.
Cheers,
Bill S.
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