Camborner
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What Controller?OK, so I got my first section of flexi-track today, just so I had something done for my N-Gauge layout. My sister kindly allowed me to test the track with her Elizabethan train set.
The set contained a Graham Farish A4 and a Bachmann standard controller, which I'd been thinking of getting to use for my layout. However, the A4 took off like a rocket when it started to move. Is it the locomotive? And if it isn't what cheap alternative would you suggest that allows slow speed running?
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Teleman
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My only thought is the right power pack with it ? I can't find one to see what the voltage should be
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Camborner
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The transformer and controller both said 12v.
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bando1_de
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@Camborner:
What reading do you get on a voltmeter if you connect it parallel to the track and the controller is set to zero?
if you get a reading other than zero volts on the track, the controller is damaged. The power pack should be OK.
One other thought:
I had a Graham Farish locomotive in the early days of N-gauge and was not really impressed with the running performance. It needed a comparatively high voltage to start and then I experienced the same result as you described, compared to a Fleischmann or Arnold loco.
Hope this helps a bit,
Erhard
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