I bought a MTH premier PS3 dash-9, when I put it on my track it drew 10 amps and caused a short signal on my z-4000. So when I took it back to the hobby shop where I got it the service tech told me that the engine may be fine, the problem since I have an older TIU may be amount of wire from the TIU to the track. He told me that the wire must be at least 35 feet long, I do not understand how that will help, but my real question is I have 4 loops of track does each wire (hot and ground) have to be 35 feet. Also I used 12awg wire from my TIU to my terminal blocks should the 35' piece I add be 12awg also? If this is what I have to do to run PS3 enginges I am not sure if it is worth it, can I coil up the extra wire or do I have to try and keep it streached as much as possible? Any insight will be helpful thanks.
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