power master bridge

Yep, it's really necessary!   I had one with a couple of PowerMasters, I just set them side-by-side and then screwed around for an hour trying to get them to work!  I finally did some searching and found the recommendation, and it makes perfect sense.  The receiver in the PM is being overloaded by too much signal from the PM Bridge.

John,thanks for your response if & when i hook it up i guess i will have to move the legacy base also because the y cable is to short, i will also have to run a longer wire from the u post,& i will also have to provide an outlet to plug the base into.

I use a Powermaster and bridge on my Christmas layout and to get the Powermaster respond to commands I separated them by about 6ft. and with the bridge laying horizontal on the floor the Powermaster wouldn't respond reliably until I stood it up vertical against the wall. It works perfectly like that now.

Ron

Phooey on the Powermasters. They are much less usable than a TPC 300 or a TPC 400.

I agree RoyBoy but the 300 is a hundred dollars more and the 400 is more than that! I only use the Powermaster to run the Christmas layout. It's like shooting mice with a 50 cal. it will do the job but a pea shooter works just as well.

Ron

When you have Legacy and not TMCC, you need the PM Bridge as well.

Yes you're right John but the TPC 300 is still eighty more dollars than the 2 combined.

Ron

The TPC-300 also has more capability than the PM and PM Bridge, so I'd advise anyone starting out and buying both pieces to seriously consider the TPC.  If you have existing PowerMasters and just want to use them with Legacy, the PM Bridge makes sense.