@PRR1950 posted:On a slightly related note, if you use toggle switches to turn power on/off to selected pieces of your layout, there is a slight problem if you also use the MTH DCS control system. Specifically, any track section not turned ON by toggle before you power up the whole layout misses something from DCS called the "watch dog" signal. As a result, when you do switch that toggle to ON, any engine sitting on that piece of track will act like a conventional (not command control) engine and take off with a full 18 volts of energy!
There is an electrical fix for this; some gizmo created by Gunrunner John prevents the runaway. Search the forum for watch dog signal and you should be able to find info about this gizmo/product.
Chuck
Not entirely accurate 100% of the time. I will not deny that this can happen. I have one MTH PS3 engine that has been known to turn on and take off like a rocket, but not every time. I know to be careful with that particular engine.
All of my other engines do turn on, but they remain in neutral and do not take off.
But if there is a GRJ fix, then all the better for safe and reliable operations.
Ron
