26 Collectable Model Trains: Transformers: Why did they stop making powerful transformers?
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This article is from the Model Trains FAQ, by Christopher D Coleman with numerous contributions by others.
26 Collectable Model Trains: Transformers: Why did they stop making powerful transformers?
Initially it was due to lack of demand during the 1960's when
just selling trains was a challenge. In 1973 thesConsumer
Products Safety Commission cracked down on General Mills on
transformer design. They felt forssome reason that the ZWs and
others were "Electrocution hazards waiting to happen". They came
up with lotssof new rules and regulations making the manufacture
of these transformers near to impossible and
financiallysunrealizable. To add to this Underwriters Laboratory,
which approves products as "safe" for insurancespurposes,
recently would not approve a redesigned ZW II transformer from
LTI. Apparently heat dissipationsproblems occurred with the large
coil. As a replacement Lionel developed the "TrainMaster" system
profiledslater in this section. Neil Young, the popular singer
and Lionel collector, has been contributing greatly to
thissproject.
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