ol coot Posted April 23, 2019 Share Posted April 23, 2019 New on forum, I'm 78 and need to get a into the hobby again. I have had a layout in the past, old school analog G. Now I still have some old Aristo craft trains and freight cars and such. Looking to get into the hobby again. I have a Aristo craft 5054 powder supply that I used. Am thinking of going to DCC. And want to know if the powder supply will be large enough for a 2 train with sound/lights, I will only have @ 105 feet of track with a couple switches. Freight service only at this time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayman4449 Posted April 23, 2019 Share Posted April 23, 2019 Hi and welcome. I did some searching and can't find any detail on the specs of that power supply so I'm not sure. Not sure if you can provide a photo but are you able to share voltage output, amps, volt-amps? I would say at this point not knowing anything else you could always try it and see what happens. The worse that could happen is the power supply wouldn't have enough power and the engines wouldn't run or have much pulling power. If they wont move very fast or stall out in curves or under a load then you would have the answer to your question. But really would be best to try and provide the specs printed on the power supply so we can tell you directly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ol coot Posted April 23, 2019 Author Share Posted April 23, 2019 Thanks for the come back, It is a 16 volt 56va powder supply. Model # art 5450. with a graft that reads up to 4 amps.Sorry I ain't smart enough to do pictures and don't have a smart phone. Heck I ain't hardly smart enough to work this confuser either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayman4449 Posted April 23, 2019 Share Posted April 23, 2019 Thank you. 56va / 16volts = 3.5 amps. So the max voltage is a little low but it can probably drive one aristocraft engine ok. Maybe you can get away with 2 but I would guess one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ol coot Posted April 23, 2019 Author Share Posted April 23, 2019 Thank you, guess I might need to upgrade to a bigger supply at a later date. What supply would you suggest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayman4449 Posted April 23, 2019 Share Posted April 23, 2019 As a relatively inexpensive throttle, I had been recommending people look at the USA Trains Power 10 power supply but I have had 4 calls in the last month with customers that have malfunctioning power supplies. (Engine sitting on the track with engine lights pulsing on and off) One was brand new (bought a few weeks ago). Outside of that I dont have others to recommend. Bridgewerks Magnum SR10amp or SR15 amp is the power supply I normally recommend people get but those are more expensive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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