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Michael, I can’t help but to think you are simply just taxing these units to their max.....especially when it comes to incandescent bulbs, they are just simply power hungry. As BMORAN4 has stated, you can only expect 75% of the advertiesed power these units produced. You need to spread this load out. As you pointed out yourself, you got a lot of stuff happening.....and a lot of bulbs....and even what you have hooked up to your ZW, sounds to me like you may be taxing it as well.....do you have a local train shop that can assist you with some more power for your layout? I know you say you’d like it ready for the grankiddies coming, and believe me I’m with ya, I’ve got 2 coming Christmas Day too....and the baby girl does not tolerate or allow breakdowns......so my Christmas cookie payment could be in jeopardy.....and I know that R type has to be screaming, as I mentioned before....don’t mess with that Z, especially if you don’t exactly know what’s going on inside, I’m not knocking your abailities, or your knowledge, I’m just trying to keep you railroading and enjoying it.....you’ve got to spread that load out, another ZW or maybe 2......they are not too bad a price these days....if you were in NC and driving distance to me, I’d lend ya a couple to get you by.........your transformers are simply screaming....and the Z was the first to go “poof”...............Pat

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