Transformer Help

[John M1707821842]

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I'm after some advicew from you good people. The above trainset I got for a Christmas present in the late 60s (the other picure is of the rail connectors that I founf in the box). It has been in my mother's loft from some 40 plus years. I. would dearly love to get it running again but need some advice on what transformer I can buy. I remember the old transformer being a black metal casing made by Tri-ang. I have seen these for sale on e-bay but am reluctant to buy for safety reasons. Any help would be much appreciated. Neve know could be the start of another hobbey

[Chrissaf]

This is an area where buying brand new products that are cheap is a false economy. The new cheap controllers are under powered i.e R8250, R7229.

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The older (now obsolete) controllers tend to be more powerful controllers i.e R965, HM Duette, Clipper etc. And are relatively cheap on the eBay second-hand market. But as you say, one needs to be mindful of electrical safety when considering controllers that have mains 240VAC voltage inputs.

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Of the current Hornby portfolio the dual HM2000 [R8012] controller is probably the best.

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TIP: As a newbie poster on the forum, just be aware that the 'Blue Button with the White Arrow' is not a 'Reply to this post' button. If you want to reply to any of the posts, scroll down and write your reply in the reply text box at the bottom of the page and click the Green 'Reply' button.

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See also – further TIPs on how to get the best user experience from this forum.

https://www.hornby.com/uk-en/forum/tips-on-using-the-forum/

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[Yelrow]

I have 2 HM2000,s.  very good but enormous, when put on display.  I champion Duettes, or Clippers, old, but excellent.