Power Supply for MRC Throttlepack AC 1301 | O Gauge Railroading On Line Forum

ftaussOGR Forum Member

I was looking at one of these for an extra/backup/workbench power supply en the auction site. The guy sent me an offer of $20 + $5 shipping. I figured what the heck. Fine print, no power supply.

The manual from MRC says 120 VAC input, but is that to the power supply or to the unit itself? I'm going to contact MRC support to see if the have one or what the input is for the actual control unit itself. The pictures I have found show a pretty big brick with a wall plug and then a smaller cord going to the control unit.

Thanks,

Frank

6/27/215:25 PM

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RoyBoyOGR Forum Member MEMORIALIZED MEMBER

120VAC goes into the brick, not the handheld controller.

ftaussOGR Forum Member

Yeah I get that. I can see the little port. Just wondering where I could find one ig MRC doesn't have them. I searched on auction site, Amazon and a general web search, but 120 VAC power supply or adapter must be to general a search term.

I guess the transformer is just a step down transformer. The specs say it puts out up to 24 VAC. Maybe that is what I should be looking for, a 120 VAC to 24 VAC stepdown transformer. And the wattage (64) needs to be close.

Ah well let's hope MRC has one.

Frank

RoyBoyOGR Forum Member MEMORIALIZED MEMBER

You can probably hook up an 18Volt Lionel brick.

Or, you can use a postwar transformer of sufficient wattage.

It's just low voltage AC. Nothing special about that.

6/27/2111:22 PM

ftaussOGR Forum Member

Tanks RoyBoy

6/28/2112:46 PM

ftaussOGR Forum Member

Yep, MRC says that it is a standard AC input. I plugged in a 40-1000 100 Watt AC Power Supply and it worked fine. Seems kinda obvious now.

Frank

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