08-17-2017, 05:49 AM
"It's sticking a little, i.e. sometimes I have to push the direction switch far to the left (and even hold it sometimes) or to the right to get it to move in those directions. :cry:"
Those thing won't matter if you are using the GML (or similar) throttles (which also control direction). My RP 1300 started doing that but with the GML I have been running trains silky smooth of of it for over 4 years now.
"Basic" train set power packs tend to have 2 problems. The N gauge ones have low power. The HO ones don't go down to a low enough voltage for N."
Again once you hook to the AC side of the transformer all those problems disappear. My bottom end Railpower 1300 is running a double (both powered) headed freight with no problems what so ever.
That said I probably would stay away from REALLY cheap train set power packs like the ones from Tyco and Bachmann.
Those thing won't matter if you are using the GML (or similar) throttles (which also control direction). My RP 1300 started doing that but with the GML I have been running trains silky smooth of of it for over 4 years now.
"Basic" train set power packs tend to have 2 problems. The N gauge ones have low power. The HO ones don't go down to a low enough voltage for N."
Again once you hook to the AC side of the transformer all those problems disappear. My bottom end Railpower 1300 is running a double (both powered) headed freight with no problems what so ever.
That said I probably would stay away from REALLY cheap train set power packs like the ones from Tyco and Bachmann.
Mike
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