Reply to "MTH TIU "rated for 30amps per channel"... REALLY???"

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DdotCdot posted:
So, I thought I heard TommyZ mention this in one of his videos on the tube about adding on bricks and putting out lots of additional power for running very large and heavy trains. Is it true that each TIU channel can actually handle up to 30 amps?

30 amps eek Now that is my kind of power thumb I wonder what TommyZ is using for circuit protection since the PSX-AC is good only to 20 amps.

As Marty and John have stated, you can run as much power to the layout as you want (dare to?) without harming the TIU if the TIU is in passive mode. I use to run 20 amps (now just 15.4 amps) to my layout with no ill effects on my TIU set up in passive mode.

3/12/183:50 PM

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