ADCX Rob posted:Make the connection at the track, not at the PH180. You want to keep the circuit isolated to the track & accessory area, not involving the TIU at all. There may be a bleed through somewhere, but with nothing connected to the red posts of the CW that should not be happening.
Rob, Again a big TY.
When I first tried the phasing, that started all of this, as per the Lionel video I had nothing connected to either transformer. I just simply attached a wire to the Black of the CW and to the neutral of the PH180. Then I saw on this forum that if you read volts across the two hots (reds) that that would mean to be out of phase. When I tried, it read 18V. with only the PH180 plugged in! Right there I thought I had a problem as in my mind hot to hot should read nothing. When I removed the plug on the PH180 and plugged in the CW the reading moved with the throttle. Then with both plugged in and ONLY the commons connected to each other, I turned on the PH180 plugged in the CW and the green light was solid, but the moment I raised the throttle the green CW light started blinking. Again with nothing connected other than the commons of the transformers together. I hope that is being very clear? My concern is why would that happen?
The CW works fine on the track with the gateman on the accessory side and the throttle to the Fixed 1 in on the TIU. I just simply wanted more track power, so thought to use the PH180 for just the track and CW for accessories.
My plan tonight is to try first and take the TIU out of the equation and connect the PH 180 directly to the terminal track. Then from the accessary terminals of the CW80 I will connect the one wire from the gateman to the red and the other to the black as per the diagram. Then the gateman solenoid wire to the insulated rail of the accessory activator track. I'll turn on the PH 180 first then plug in the CW and see what that brings. Then I'll try raising throttle slowly, even though nothing is attached to throttle side, just to see what that brings. Then I'll push a box car across the activator track and see what that brings. If that all works then I will re-attach the terminal track to the fixed 1 out of the TIU and connect the PH180 to the Fixed 1 input of the TIU, and repeat as above and try box car with all wired up.
