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       ZW 250 Transformer Hum and Saying Hellog
       By: brubakes Date: February 16, 2016, 10:06 am
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       I've only really knew O scale as what my grandfather put around
       his Christmas tree as a child.  I was into HO when I was growing
       up.  Grandfather is gone now and this past Christmas I wanted to
       run the Lionel stuff he left for the family.  Opening the
       storage container the items were wrapped in newspaper from 1994
       which would be my guess the last time the equipment was used.  I
       dusted it off and did the quick once over and it fired right up
       no problem.  Ran perfect for the whole season.  Now the
       locomotive is in for a cleaning, tune up, once over at the local
       hobby store.  First time its been in for service (that I know
       of) in 35 years.  So the Lionel bug has bitten and since early
       December I've been picking up post war Lionel when I can.  I'll
       never pack granddads train away again, only in a display case
       I'm building. So... way off track here (no pun intended).
       I picked up a ZW 250w transformer for more then I should have
       but oh well.  It seems fine, but wondered if it should have a
       constant hum when its plugged in?  I know its significant more
       powerful then my 1033 transformers so wonder if its normal
       operation?
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