Good Evening,
Hypothetically speaking, if someone had a locomotive that ran for a couple seconds and tripped the transformer, what could be causing this? Thanks for your time.
-Bob
depends on the transformer. I had one of those cheap 2 piece transformer where you had like a transformer and then the controller separately and I had engines that would trip that in an instance because they drew to much power ( dual motor ones) Even had one that a pul-mor motor would trip it so again it depends on the transformer. If your talking a fairly powerful one you have a short in the engine somewhere now if its a steamer with whistle tender it could be either have a short in them.
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Not much info to go on here but could be the transformer is too small for the load or a short. If it's an old transformer the breaker could be defective as well.
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I had an interesting experience with a JEP loco that has a cast motor block, the holes for the two bushes being lined with small plastic sleeves. The loco ran OK, sometimes. Turned out that one of the plastic sleeves had a tiny chip out of one end. The sleeve could, and would, rotate during use, and a short occured if the small (tiny) chipped area happened to align with a certain area of the motor block, where the casting was a little rough. A touch of glue on the sleeve to prevent it rotating has cured the problem.
Graeme
Gentlemen,
Thank you so much. I now have an idea where to start, and a direction afterwards. Truly, many thanks!
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