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MRC Throttlepack 1301

E ElliotgbOGR Forum Member

I just got a new MRC Throttlepack. Basically bought it for the sine-wave tech since my MTH Z-1000 is chopped and proto sounds 0 don’t like it.

I thought this would be the answer for my MTH Reading Crusader which did not work well with the MTH transformer but did work ok with the ancient post war Lionel transformer (single whistle, not much else).

Trying out 2 different MTH engines, the Crusader and a diesel provided the same results; trains both light up but don’t move and the buttons are useless.

Older Lionels start juicing up as soon as they hit the track and there’s no way to control the throttle.

Guess I wasted money on this. May take it in to a hobby shop for opinions.

 

 Thanks kindly 👍

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E ElliotgbOGR Forum Member
geysergazer posted:

I have a Throttlepack 1301 and it runs my PS3 SW1500s just fine.  Not as slow&smooth as DCS but still good. 

There is a way to lower the effective starting voltage of conventional transformers. Silicon (rectifier) diodes always drop 0.7V through them (in the forward bias direction). Thus 3 bridge rectifiers wired in series will drop the voltage by 2.1V and so on.

Thanks, but I’m not that technically electrically oriented. I just assumed that since this pack ran sine wave and that’s what the locomotive runs on, it should be fine. Unless the transformer is defective.

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