Richard Gonzales posted:Carl, Marty
What is an RMS Meter? I tested the voltage at the transformer terminals with a digital multi meter. There is a string of 5 lighted baggage cars on the track that is on the A throttle where the 3 amps are displayed on the ZWC meter
RMS - click this for detail
i tested the 180 W bricks on the multi meter. They read 35 volts.? W0W???
Did you unplug the bricks and measure each one separately at the output plug? Are the plugs cut off?
The B and C terminals read 18 volts on the transformer meters and the multi meter.
I run both Lionel TMCC / Legacy steam engines and MTH DCS steam engines.
The MTH steamers like a pure sine wave better than the Lionel chopped wave output which would make only the MTH smoke performance suffer slightly. The Lionel smokers should not be an issue.
Something is going on with the A & D channels. Can you disconnect the transformer from the track and test. I would guess there's a wiring issue on the A or D. It is like the two channels are bridged or out of phase to get 35 volts
Thanks
Richard
