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    Lights No Longer Working

    Well by cutting out the last lighted warehouse the rest of the lights have come on at full brightness and the transformer no longer cuts out. The warehouse is made up of two street lights that I installed under the canopy and ran the wires out via holes I drilled on the bottom. So it's a...
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    Lights No Longer Working

    Partial Fix Ok I have it partly fixed, the last lighted unit in my circuit is not working. When I cut it out of the circuit all of the rest of the lights came back on nice and bright. Not sure if the bulbs are gone in that unit or if the wiring has failed? Of course this does not bode well...
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    Lights No Longer Working

    Ok here's my situation, I have a number of lighted buildings running off the AC of a standard train controller. They are all wired in parallel. At least I think so anyway? I have two wires that come off the AC terminals and go into the the two leads of the light, two wires come off the join...
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    AC Power Supply?

    All my engines are barely a year old. I have six, and they where all bought within a short time of each other. Thanks! R,
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    AC Power Supply?

    Great now you tell me :) Maybe after a couple of days if there is swelling on the cork bed it will go down. Then again WD40 doesn't dry out that fast :( R,
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    AC Power Supply?

    Yeah I tried some WD40, at first it seemed to help. Maybe I'll see if I can pass a piece of paper under it. I didn't use any glue around the switch mechanism of course. You bring up an interesting point....how often does one "oil engines"? What kind of oil? And do you drop it in around the...
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    AC Power Supply?

    Ok all re-wired in parallel, oh boy much much better! All the lighted houses are 10X brighter, I didn't know what I was missing :) Even the little LED on top of the water tower is much brighter. Hey I'm even getting smart at this game I left two leads extending out of the last set of wiring...
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    AC Power Supply?

    Yes that is the very one! The plastic aqua switch gets very rough to move on some, others are nice and smooth. So I wired in the dim bulb of the one house direct to the AC of the controller, now it's VERY bright. So that's the issue, series is not a good idea. I need to work out a...
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    AC Power Supply?

    They are slide switches. The reason I say aqua coloured is because I have seen these same switches on many layouts. Right now my lights go in a chain from the power supply and back again, they are not directly wired to a bus or the AC or DC terminals. R,
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    AC Power Supply?

    Ok so I moved my lights to the DC side and cranked the power to max, exact same results. Dim lights, with one in particular being very dim. I dunno? As an experiment I should wire the one dim bulb direct to the AC power on the controller and see if it changes any thing. At least that way I...
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    AC Power Supply?

    Thanks Jim, I will try the DC side for my lights and adjust the power control to see what happens. Yes my bulbs are wired in series, one lead wired to another lead, and then back to the power in a loop. There is one LED in there on the water tower. My switches are aqua coloured switches I...
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    AC Power Supply?

    I wired the lighted buildings into the AC of the spare controller I have. Same issue, bulbs are dim, especially in one house. I am using the AC accessories screws from an Atlas train controller. Will these bulbs run off the DC side of the controller? Or do I need new bulbs? On the plus...
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    AC Power Supply?

    Thanks, so they output 12-19V AC I assume? I do have a spare control unit from Atlas. It says output 17VAC. This is the what I am using for my lights and switches right now. Ok well I guess I'll unwire the lights and install them into this spare controller and see if I get any more...
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    AC Power Supply?

    Would you mind providing me with a link or item number to such a unit on ebay if you get a spare moment. I'm not 100% sure what you are referring to. Thanks R,
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    AC Power Supply?

    Greetings, I just finished re-configuring my layout. I now have five switches which are powered by the AC off of an un-used standard DC train controller. I have this wired under my train table and I am taking the power from the AC accessories screws to run my bank of five switch controls...
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    Soldering Track Gaps?

    Yes indeed! R,
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    Soldering Track Gaps?

    Well I seem to have solved the problem with solder. I put a glob of solder on the gap, then used my dremel tool to smooth down the top to perfect track height with the stone wheel tool. The I used the cutting and sanding disc to remove the excess solder from the sides of the repair. At...
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    Soldering Track Gaps?

    Hi, I have a couple of gaps in my track, big enough to throw off the the front small pilot wheels of my steam train every once in a while. The diesels run over these gaps just fine. I have tried test soldering track gaps but it just makes a mess and the solder doesn't fill the gap. Any...
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    Couplings Don't Match :(

    I just ordered a coupling that goes up and one that goes down from KD. This way I'm covered both ways :) They are not exactly expensive items that cost a lot to ship so no big deal. Thanks for the leads!! You guys are a big help as always! R,
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    Couplings Don't Match :(

    Thanks I'll look at the offset couplers from KD, fixing the first car will be fine with me. I did get a response from Athearn, they suggested I check the coupler heights with a height gauge. What good that will do I don't know, when all four of my engines won't match up it's obvious where...




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