01-29-2010, 10:25 AM
BR60103 Wrote:Tetters:
about 10 years ago I was operating on a friend's layout with DCC. He was powering the cabs with an old HO power pack that gave, I think, 2.5 -3 amps. We were having a little problem in that, when we cured a short, the locos would start up and roar off before the hand controllers finished resetting. Berndt Lenz suggested that it might be inadequate power supply, but the layout was dismantled before we fixed it.
I'm not too sure what you are getting at here as hopefully the problems that plagued DCC systems 10 years ago have since been rectified. However, I bought the Magna Force PS which is recommended for the NCE PH by Tony's. So I'm not worried about the PS being inadequate. In fact, my layout actually runs better now.
If you are simply relating a story, that must have been a bit a hairy situation to have encountered! yikes!
