I have 5 weaver passenger cars with 3 18 volt bayonet base in each car. My tiu is the latest release which is not supposed to have light bulbs across the rails. Is this why I am having more lost signal problems than with my earlier tiu with light bulbs on all side tracks?
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It should be easy enough to find out. Put an engine with the five cars on a section of track with poor signal quality. With the engine stationary start a Signal Test. Remove the cars one at a time and see if the signal strength improves.
Is it possible the cars have constant voltage boards for the lights?
THOSE can eat DCS signal like cotton candy.
A choke in the power pickup wire to the cv board will fix that and have no effect on the lighting.
If bulbs across the rails killed a DCS signal from the latest TIU, all users would be dead, because most every train has at least one lighted car. Russell may well have put his finger on it.
Russell, could you explain a little more clearly your "choke on the power pickup wire to the CV board" please? Component (choke), where attached.
Thanks, Chocho Wally
If bulbs across the rails killed a DCS signal from the latest TIU, all users would be dead, because most every train has at least one lighted car. Russell may well have put his finger on it.
He is talking about a certain brand of passenger car causing this effect with the DCS signal. Adding the electronic choke should help this problem.
I have had problems with older Williams engines and certain Lionel switches, it is a brand specific problem!
Lee F.
Yep, it's not the bulbs, but rather any constant voltage circuit and/or rectifier with capacitors killing the signal.
No voltage regulators just the old fashioned 18 volt bayonet bulbs connected directly to the center roller and wheels.
No voltage regulators just the old fashioned 18 volt bayonet bulbs connected directly to the center roller and wheels.
Did you try my suggestion from a week ago?
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