Is there any real difference between the two besides the number of watts? I could see needing the 260 watts when you are running a passenger train where all the cars are full of incandescent lights.
Can anyone provide some insight?
Jan
Original Post
Replies sorted oldest to newest
Power is the big difference. Personally, 180 watts (10 amps) on a single power district is all I need. Since these are primarily for conventional running, how many times are you really going to need more than 10 amps?
gunrunnerjohn posted:Power is the big difference. Personally, 180 watts (10 amps) on a single power district is all I need. Since these are primarily for conventional running, how many times are you really going to need more than 10 amps?
4 VL Big Boys with all the smoke units running? 
I just connect two PH180's in parallel for those, they're not designed to run conventional anyway. 
Do yourself a favor and get the 360W one. I have a postwar celebration CP set with ABBA and 9 cars. It has 4 pullmor motors and about 20 - 18v bulbs in the mix. It can draw over 10 Amps easily. This set completely overwhelms the 180W powermaster. Wish I had the 360W.
