View Full Version : Lower Power Power Supply vs. Different Controlers


Peacefield
05-04-2009, 09:13 AM
I have a nice 2-lane HO set on which I run a variety of stock classes. It's powered by a pair of standard wall warts. Once I switched to 90 ohm controllers, I was much happier with my TJ performance and don't notice much of a difference for my magneted cars.

Now I want to address my newer 1/32 track. Two lane Scaley Sport, stock power supply and controllers, all cars are magneted, but for most cars, I minimize their pull so the cars behave more realistically. Here are the problems I'm tryiing to solve:

- I want to take top end speeds down.
- I have a number of cars for which the usable power band is only the first very small portion of the trigger's travel. I want to expand this band for better control.
- I have a couple of cars that don't respond to very low levels of power at all and then jump to action as I give it a little more juice. Once again, I'd like better control for these cars.

I assume I need a varibable power supply to address the first issue and have already ordered one from Pyramid.

Since the other two items are not unlike the problems solved 90 ohm controllers for my TJ's, I assume that's what I need to address these? Will the variable power supply not address this probelm at all?

And if I do need new controllers, what ohm is best for me? The only strongly magneted cars I run are a few Scalextrix F1's which are stock. From a magnet perspective, I would say most of my cars are comparable to Revell's Nascar cars.

Any insights will be appreciated!