I have noticed lately that when I turn on my MTH z4000 for the first time. Pushing the start up button only that the read out on the voltage meter (left side) jumps to 40 volts and the red light blinks, the amps stay at 0 . Then just as quickly(second or less) everything returns to normal. This is happening every time before any power is applied to the track and only the left hand controller. Do I have a problem here? Thanks
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I'm thinking it's very normal. I always assumed the 40 and 00 was a feature to display the 4000 (as in Z4000) on start up.
-Dave
As far as I know, this behavior is normal when the transformer is turned on; it acts like a "boot up" of the transformer. My Z-4000 has been doing this for around 15 years. The red light side displays 40V and 0A, the green light side displays 0V and 23A, which is the max available output for the entire transformer. Electronics limit the output per handle to 20V or so at around 10A.
I actually looked at mine yesterday when remembering this thread.
I get 40 00 on the voltage line and
01 24 on the current line.
This Z4K was purchased about 8 years ago, so I am wondering if the readings shown for the current are some sort of an internal version of the unit (probably only useful to MTH for troubleshooting or repair services, I think from an operational standpoint all Z4ks are the same)
-Dave
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