Comments on: Marshall 111 DC Train Controller https://blog.model-train-help.com/2022/05/marshall-111-dc-train-controller.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=marshall-111-dc-train-controller Model railroads and model trains Wed, 25 May 2022 00:16:54 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Kenneth Durham https://blog.model-train-help.com/2022/05/marshall-111-dc-train-controller.html#comment-58301 Wed, 25 May 2022 00:16:54 +0000 http://blog.model-train-help.com/?p=6512#comment-58301 In reply to Geoff.

Thanks Geoff for the prompt reply and detail including the Marshall instruction sheet.

]]> By: Kenneth Durham https://blog.model-train-help.com/2022/05/marshall-111-dc-train-controller.html#comment-58300 Wed, 25 May 2022 00:15:40 +0000 http://blog.model-train-help.com/?p=6512#comment-58300 In reply to Dale.

Thanks dale for the prompt reply and detail.

]]> By: Geoff https://blog.model-train-help.com/2022/05/marshall-111-dc-train-controller.html#comment-58073 Sun, 08 May 2022 22:25:22 +0000 http://blog.model-train-help.com/?p=6512#comment-58073 That switch gives you “pulse power”, according to the instruction manual I found on an old meccano manual site
https://www.meccanoindex.co.uk/Cats/Hornby/H_Control-Marsh-60-09-50.pdf

Pulse power is intended to give really good slow speed running. But I have read that with some motors it can cause overheating. This is especially true of the newer coreless motors, which apparently can overheat so much that the plastic body melts!!!

]]> By: Dale https://blog.model-train-help.com/2022/05/marshall-111-dc-train-controller.html#comment-58058 Sat, 07 May 2022 15:55:29 +0000 http://blog.model-train-help.com/?p=6512#comment-58058 I don’t have one to check with but my guess is switching from Full to Pulsed power. What this might mean is that on Full, the normal voltage is continuously delivered to the track. In Pulsed mode, a higher voltage is supplied in fast pulses rather than a steady supply. The idea is that the higher voltage pulses help the locomotive power through dirty track or pickup drivers while the average voltage on the track is still within specification. Note that a pulse mode is ultimately not good for the equipment so should be used sparingly.

Of course, I may be totally wrong.

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