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<p>This is all true . . . as far as it goes. </p><p><font size="3">BUT,</font></p><p>If you run sound-equipped locomotives, or some types of lighted passenger cars, there will be an invisible "spike" at power-on, and after a circuit breaker trip (whether in the booster or external breakers like PowerShields) to charge up the capacitors. </p><p>So it may appear that you're within the limits of your power supply, but have the breakers or command station trip repeatedly anyway, with the only solution being to remove some of those sound engines from the layout, power it up, then replace the engines one by one. </p><p>Things will run fine for a while, then a derailment will occur, and the booster just keeps tripping. Again. No, you're not crazy, and no, your layout is not haunted. You just can't see the spike on a meter.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p>
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