Originally Posted by Pine Creek Railroad:
Pingman,
Carl Lionel 022 switches definitely take a lot of voltage to run properly, one of the ways to help the switches run with lower voltage is to replace the 2 bulbs in the switch controllers and the bulb in each individual switch itself, with LED's, this helped my large layout big time.
PCRR/Dave
Dave, that's an excellent suggestion. Can you supply a product name/number and vendor? It's only six switches of which I know four will be put to use by the recipient, but I'd like to save as much voltage as possible for the solenoid.