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Reply to "phasing vs higher watts"

I'm not clear on where yoru question is going or why.

 

Yes, you can block your track into sections nd use small transformers to serve each section but the power they provide will not add to a number larger than the rating of any one of them.  For example, if you have four sections each powered by a single transformer than can provide 40 watts, you have a total of 160 watts of transformer, but can run a train requiring 40 watts but no more.  (Technically, there is a possible exception but it is not practical.  If you have lighted passenger cars in a train that is longer than any section fed by one of the four 40 watt transformers, then the cars will split their demand for power, some pulling from one section's transformer, others from another's.  So you might be able to run, say, an old Pullmor loco that demands 30 watts and a bunch of lighted cars that need, say, 30 watts alos, for a total of 60, and get away with it.  I would not count on that, however.) 

 

If you want to run a power hungry train, or several trains at once, its best just to get a honking big transformer or brick and feed the entire loop with it.  Install a single transformer serving all four blocks, rated at 160 watts, and you can run a 160 watt train, or two 80 watts trains, etc.

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