I have a K-Line Berkshire that is NON-TMCC but has cruise control enabled by a slider switch. This one has the perforated shell for speed control that sits between the flywheel and the motor end. The behavior that I question is when starting up in cruise mode from cold it takes very high voltage settings (14-16 volts) to get the engine to move at all. Once it starts moving it will slowly build up speed until it's fast enough for me to cut the voltage back. This acts to me like a momentum cycle but it doesn't make sense to me. Once the engine speeds up the lights start flickering in the engine as well as the passenger cars it is pulling. I also hear little noises from the engine that I never hear when running with the cruise off. (Cruise-off running seems very normal as the motor starts pulling at about 8.5 volts and pulls well.) I'm trying to understand what is normal and expected behavior with this cruise configuration with NON-TMCC electronics.
Thanks,
Bill
