Bob Nelson
God bless TCA 05-58541 Benefactor Member of the NRA, Member of the American Legion, Retired Boss Hog of Roseyville , KC&D Qualified
HELLO TOMBN4
NOT SURE WHAT DATE YOUR ZW TRANFOMER IS . I HAVE ONE THAT DATES BACK TO THE 1950's . I HAD THE SAME PROBLEM . HERE ARE A FEW THINGS I HAVE DONE THAT MAY HELP YOU . FIRST WHAT SIZE WIRE IS YOUR SUPPLY TO THE TRACK . I CHANGED FROM 18 GAUGE TO 10 GAUGE AND RUN IT TO A JUNCTION BLOCK, AND RUN A 14 GAUGE SHORT JUMPER TO THE TRACK ABOUT EVERY 3 FEET .IT HELPED A WHOLE LOT. ALSO FROM MANY YEARS OF USE THE BI-METAL BREAKER INSIDE OF THE TRANSFOMER WAS WEAK, SO I INSTALLED A 6 AMP AUTOMOTIVE CIRCUIT BREAKER OUT SIDE OF THE TRANSFORMER TO EACH TRACK AND REPLACED THE OLD BREAKER INSIDE WITH A 10 AMP BREAKER . I ALSO RUN THE ACCESSORIES WITH AN AUX TRANSFORMER. GOOD LUCK MODEL A
I have some fifties Lionel trains that I only set up and run for a month each year at Christmas. I bought a ZW type R on e-bay so I could run two or more trains with one transformer. The transformer works well if I run one train only. If I run two trains on separate tracks that do not touch each other it will run for a lap or two and then stop with the red light coming on. After the trains stop for a few seconds the red light goes out and the power comes on, it will then run for anything from a few feet to a couple of laps and happen again. I have switched the wires around and get the same results. It usually happens when one of the trains is going past a switch or cross. It has never happened when I run a single train.
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