Author Topic: Electric power track wiring (Read 1758 times)

classixs · « **on:** September 05, 2020, 12:37:21 pm »

The pin-connections in standard Marx/Lionel track isn´t amazing at first, and for a track as long as yours, i´d imagine some problems could emerge.
Could be bad connection inbetween track sections, but could also be a voltage drop, due to distance.

Which transformer do you use?

Marx transformer does tend to have a lower voltage output than Lionel´s, in fact some of their transformers, isn´t recommended for general Marx use at full throttle, for that same reason.

Perhaps a strong Lionel transformer like the 90W 1033 will do the job. They´re usually pretty cheap, as they´re quite abundant on the market, and does an amazing job.
(I have been using Rog´s old 1033 here for years now.)

https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2334524.m570.l1313&_nkw=Lionel+1033

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Author Topic: Electric power track wiring (Read 1758 times)

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