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Just to confirm that a capacitor discharge unit has completely solved the problem I described above. Many thanks Nigel. Matt

Many thanks for the comments. I've ordered a capacitor discharge unit so hopefully that will do the trick. Matt

Hello, I have a small DC N-gauge layout and I'm trying to wire up my first point motor. The wiring seems fine and the point motor moves in both directions when I flick the toggle switch *until* I connect the point motor to the points and then it doesn't have sufficient power to actually move the points. It buzzes but that's it. I'm using: - Gaugemaster WM1 transformer which provides 16 V AC - 24 strand speaker wire through a simple toggle switch (no length of wire is more than about 1.5m) - I've tried a Peco surface point motor and a SEEP motor (same problem with both) - I've tried 2 different sets of points (same problem with both) When I take a reading with my voltmeter at the end of 1m of wire it shows that the WM1 is delivering around 20 V. So it doesn't seem to be the quality of the wire itself that's the problem. However, when I test the voltage on the wires to the switch when I flick the switch it only reads about 4.5v. I'm wondering why that is. Could it be that the switch is faulty and somehow lowering the voltage that flows though it? Any thoughts are appreciated. I'm afraid I'm not great with electrics though I did have a 00 gauge layout a few years ago and successfully wired up all the points! Matt