Comments on: Transformer problems https://blog.model-train-help.com/2009/02/transformer-problems.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=transformer-problems Model railroads and model trains Mon, 26 Nov 2012 02:03:31 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Anonymous https://blog.model-train-help.com/2009/02/transformer-problems.html#comment-114 Mon, 02 Feb 2009 04:21:00 +0000 http://68.171.208.138/~blogmode/2009/02/transformer-problems.html#comment-114 Did you check for voltage at the track with a locomotive sitting on the track? I am only speculating, but I am wondering if the voltage measured is not just leakage through the transformer. A good example would be a dead battery that will read 12 Volts, but go to zero Volts once a load (light bulb) is connected to it.

Then when you press the whistle button a
“good” voltage is applied to the rails.

Good luck.

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