Anyone had bad experience with the RealTrax - Track Activation Device (I.T.A.D.)???
I have three that are activated all the time. Adjustments to the screwdriver controls do not have any effect. In each case the relay is turned on all the time when power is applied. I use the AUX power connection.
Three others work ok.
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Yes, I certainly had my share of issues with the one and only RealTrax I.T.A.D. that I owned. It seemed to be incredibly sensitive to room lighting conditions. For example, I would adjust it to work perfectly with the room lights on, but then as soon as I would turn the room lights off to enjoy the layout lights, it would act completely differently.
So then I would tweak it to work properly with the room lights out, but it would act crazy as soon as I turned the room lights back on. It drove me to the point that I finally removed it from my layout and replaced it with a MTH ScaleTrax I.T.A.D (#45-1028). I now use two of these on my layout and have no issues!
Same issues with mine that could not be resolved no matter how much they were tweaked. Cut them loose and went with a Lionel activation device which has worked like a charm.
I second the suggestion to use the Lionel 153IR, much less "twitchy" vs. the MTH ITAD.
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