Hey everyone - I've been lurking for quite awhile now and have really enjoyed reading everyones posts and replies about questions and layout progress. Really a great resource. I've done some searching and I didn't find a post about this so forgive me if this has already been answered.
I finally got back into model railroading after a 10 year break and am in the process of building a 100 sq ft layout in the wet bar area of my basement. (Its amazing what you can do when you're a 27 yr old single adult with your own house, a good job, and a girlfriend who brow beats you about what a nerd you are)
ANYWAY, I've almost completed the freight yard section of my layout which conists of an 8X4 ft section. I bought the atlas turntable and motor and am really happy with the turntable, but am having troubles getting the atlas motor to turn the gears. When I run the motor manually with my hand it works great. When I hook it up to an old Tyco powerpack with 18V of output, it will run, but it runs too fast and the spindle thingie doesn't turn the gears. Atlas recommends a 12V power supply. All the accessory powerpacks I find are 18V or somewhere around there. What does everyone recommend to get 12V of power to the motor? Or am I going about this the wrong way?
I'll submit some pictures soon!
Thanks!
Nick
I finally got back into model railroading after a 10 year break and am in the process of building a 100 sq ft layout in the wet bar area of my basement. (Its amazing what you can do when you're a 27 yr old single adult with your own house, a good job, and a girlfriend who brow beats you about what a nerd you are)
ANYWAY, I've almost completed the freight yard section of my layout which conists of an 8X4 ft section. I bought the atlas turntable and motor and am really happy with the turntable, but am having troubles getting the atlas motor to turn the gears. When I run the motor manually with my hand it works great. When I hook it up to an old Tyco powerpack with 18V of output, it will run, but it runs too fast and the spindle thingie doesn't turn the gears. Atlas recommends a 12V power supply. All the accessory powerpacks I find are 18V or somewhere around there. What does everyone recommend to get 12V of power to the motor? Or am I going about this the wrong way?
I'll submit some pictures soon!
Thanks!
Nick