Thanks for replies. Bob, I will try turning off my AC tomorrow and see if that hel
Over the years, I have solved ground plane problems as instructed on this forum, as well as extended antennas on some engines, etc. As a general rule, some engines such as large steamers worked better than others. But this change has come about in the past few months and I have changed nothing in my train room such as C F L lights, etc. I did change out my Legacy Base and Remote with a new one I had as a spare and had the same result. It has been suggested to me that have at least 15 small wall warts in my train room that may cause interference that could be an issue. These supply various amounts of voltage for animations and lighting accessories made by Miller, Woodland Scenics, and Menards, etc. They are all plugged into a 110 volt line that has its own circuit breaker .
About two years ago I upgraded my control panel with 25 Touch Toggles. These work much like touch screens and allow control of turnouts using the tip of a finger that does not even have to make actual contact with a red or green LED shining up through a small hole. These work well and look really cool. But from time to time, and for no apparent reason, one will stop working and be fine an hour later. In numerous conversations with the man who sells these we concluded that I have lots of random electrical fields of all sorts going on under my layout. For instance, one way to get a touch toggle working properly again is to turn off the Legacy Base ,momentarily. I mention this as it is an another unexplained random event. Thjis man also told me about the potential of wall wart s being poorly shielded from sending out electrical fields. MTH, Legacy, Alexa, Siri, Routers, Microwaves, so much is going on! I wonder how much the new cab three will deal with these issues? Phil
