I'm looking for a reasonably priced power source for my track. I had it powered by one wall wort per lane. One of them has stopped working. Should I just buy a wall wort on ebay or is there a better alternative out there?

I suggest doing a search within this section for threads dealing with power supplies. There's a lot of them out there with all the info you could ever want.

Joe

I have some new in the box AFX Hi-Performance power packs available.
( AFX Russkit controllers too ) :)

I vote for replacing. We have used wall packs for years with no trouble. Simple, easy and no problem to replace.

Jim Norton
Huntsville, AL

Thanks for the replies. I'm going to pick up some wall warts on ebay for now. I've started planning for a large routed track so I can play and work on a new track at the same time.

I'm using a 13.8volt 8amp pro power supply for my 4 lanes track (so I have 2amp by lanes). A BIG difference of performance with my old 4 tyco wall packs.

Even if you loose some volts, the amperes gain is very good for several motors. Tjets, for example. You'll see that a tjet (autoworld/JL repro) will run much better with more amps than the standard 400-500mA of the wall warts. Motors are betted feeded, I guess.

It's good for magnetless cars too, but magnet cars I run (440x2, tomy turbo) stills competitive and fun (even with silicon tires, the cars still able to deslot, you have to drive it).

If any pro has an explaination...I'm interested.