Wayne, When I wanted +/- 12 for tortoises (up to 60 of them), I simply bought two 12V, 3A power supplies on the surplus market (link to a similar product follows). Tie the + of one to the

Hi Wayne, There several ways to check it out. However, which is "better" depends n just how it has been implemented. Is it all in a nice case with just two wires for the output, or

Do you have a spare computer drive anywhere? For this test, you can even borrow one from a working system--you just need it for a few minutes. Just plug a drive in to one of the power cables and see

Puckdropper, Great idea.. I have hundreds around my shop here. I'll grab one and test it. Wayne

Puckdropper, So the hard drive helped, the load caused the negative 12v to go from 9v to 11.3v. If I recall right in some of the homemade power supply conversions they wire in a couple 10w ceramic

Wayne, Try watching this video by Joe:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkP3rgciy3M It’s rather informative, he has a whole series on layout construction so there could be other video’s that

Aaron, I actually did watch that video back when I was looking at computer power supplies. I think I did the classic assume move and made the assumption that a pre-built header wouldn't need or would

I am new to DCC, although I have been accumulating 'stuff' for 20 years - HO scale, so I have lots of questions, most pretty basic. Since the bus to feeder connection is a 'T' and precludes the use

I have a small layout with about 100 feeders and 6 power districts. I'm not accomplished at soldering. No way I could solder that many feeders working overhead under the table. I used suitcase

Hi Greg: An other option are "suit case" connectors, no stripping, already insulated, $0.05 each. If you want to use shrink tubing, instead of a butt

Bachman EZ-Track? What r ur regrets? Thx Larry J Moray, DDS, MS President, The Happy Tooth Dental Group ‘Changing People’s Lives through Affordable, Accessible

Greg, I simply offset the solder connections to the bus by a couple of inches to prevent shorts. Since it’s under the table there hasn’t been a problem. Paul O._,_._,_

Greg, There are several methods used to connect feeders to bus wires: the two that seem most common is the soldering of the feeder to the bus and the other is using a “Tee” connector to connect

Paul O’s method is the same I use. Off setting the connections is sufficient. Not like the buss wires will move! :) David Klemm 11 PRO Max

Our club is 3000 square feet. The only soldering we do is in control panels. switchmaster turnout motors, and track drops with solid wire. Every other connection is with either spade lugs or molex

I would like to see your pics. Thank you, Joseph Correro Cleveland, Mississippi "Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away!"

There's a spring-style stripper you can get that will strip the wire and push it aside just far enough to solder a feeder to. The one I use has multiple holes for the various gauges of wire. I've

Sort of new to DCC. Older and retired and building for the first time a larger layout in spare bedroom. Have benchwork half done. Maybe I should think about wiring. My only experience with DCC is

Monty, I am in a similar situation. I will comment on two books I purchased for self education, both from Model Railroader - Basic DCC Wiring for Your Model Railroad and DCC Projects & Applications,

Our list owner has an excellent website. http://www.WiringForDCC.com