I was looking at the Lionel RTR catalog and noticed that all the new Lionchief sets now come with an larger 54W power supply. This
should solve any problems from past sets. I also noticed that a "Plug & Play track is part of each set so if a customer chooses to add
an accessory, there should be enough power for that as well. It always pays to read the fine print.
P.S. The catalogs are a lot easier to read off Charles Ro's site.
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Power Packs are like Tool Man from Home Improvement: More Power!
I do have a question: If you used a power supply used by Ham Radio ops, would that hurt anything. More power at less cost. But the voltage is usually 12-14 if fixed. MTH does have one which is variable at 25-20 amps. Will these hurt the power or anything else.
The issue is if you get everything off the track, you need enough juice. Plug and play might be easier, but to me not the best.
Grampstrains posted:Lionchief requires 18 volts.
No it doesn't. I've run it on as little as 10 volts, and you can limit the maximum speed just by reducing the track voltage. Keeps things from leaving the tracks when inexperienced young engineers get the controls. 
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