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 Author: Alexxx View Messages Posted By Alexxx
 Posted: May 7, 2022 12:40
 Subject: Trafo LEGO 12v - unexpected problem
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Alexxx (39)

Location:  Italy, Friuli-Venezia Giulia
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Hallo guys,

I play again with my wonderful 12v trains. But...... i don't understand
why my 12v Lego transformer doesn't work well. While trains running, power
get off suddenly, after few seconds it starts again and so on....
May be it's overloaded? Or it comes damaged?

Someone could help me? Tks a lot...
 Author: Royroy View Messages Posted By Royroy
 Posted: May 7, 2022 13:04
 Subject: Re: Trafo LEGO 12v - unexpected problem
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In LEGO, Alexxx writes:
  Hallo guys,

I play again with my wonderful 12v trains. But...... i don't understand
why my 12v Lego transformer doesn't work well. While trains running, power
get off suddenly, after few seconds it starts again and so on....
May be it's overloaded? Or it comes damaged?

Someone could help me? Tks a lot...

Most probably dirty track/engine contacts. The train gets some speed until it
'hits' a bit of dirty track and looses contact. The slightest movement
can cause the train to make contact again and the process repeats itself.

Use train more often = probably problem solved
 Author: rab1234 View Messages Posted By rab1234
 Posted: May 7, 2022 21:56
 Subject: Re: Trafo LEGO 12v - unexpected problem
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rab1234 (1931)

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I don't have much experience with the 12v trains, but this sounds like what
happened with the one I had. I used a pencil eraser to clean the tracks off
and it worked great after.

In LEGO, Alexxx writes:
  Hallo guys,

I play again with my wonderful 12v trains. But...... i don't understand
why my 12v Lego transformer doesn't work well. While trains running, power
get off suddenly, after few seconds it starts again and so on....
May be it's overloaded? Or it comes damaged?

Someone could help me? Tks a lot...