Charles, convert a couple of your locos to DCC; buy your DCC system of choice; remove your DC transformer; install your new DCC system and have fun running your trains! Please don’t attempt to mix

Hi. As noted above, I am considering converting some of my locomotives to DCC. I have an existing layout where the track is already painted and ballasted and am concerned about whether the turnouts

Re- bypassing a circuit breaker... Remove the 2 wires from the OUTPUT/TRACK side of the breaker and connect them to the power Input wires of the breaker. Be sure to get the polarity correct to avoid

Don and to All, That is the exact problem that I am having. The locomotives travel through the leg of the wye and enter the #6 turnout and set the buzzer off then proceed to the mainline. When then

William, Check the trip current settings (jumpers). If different change them to the same, if same change one to less than the other. This sounds like one of the breakers is seeing the boundary

William, you may be seeing a little discussed issue with the timing between DCC Specialties breakers. Don touched on it, and you'll find mention of it in the PSX-AR manual. The fix is to program the

I suspect that the mainline circuit breaker is tripping. Temporarily bypass that breaker to see if the psx-ar then allows entrance and exit into the wye from either path. If that works the issue is

The power for the AR is coming from the NCE Power Pro Booster directly. The power for the mainline Peco #6 is coming from a DCC Specialties circuit breaker.

William, are you feeding the input of the auto reverser from a circuit breaker? I had a similar problem with that type of connection. Try feeding the auto reverser directly from your DCC power

I have hooked this AR in my wye, but I am still having problems. I have insulated both legs of the wye coming out of the wye and leading into (2) Peco #6 Electrofrog turnout back to the main line. on

I have 6 EB1s on my layout with many sound locos and a lighted passenger train,. No issues…

Tom/all, There is one approach to wiring that works - and all the rest don't work as well. It goes like this: What you wire today - you test today (or first thing tomorrow morning). Seems

Alan, thanks for the reply. Yes I know about the extra terminals on the newer version of the Switch 8 MK2 I have had 3 Switch 8 MK2 already and not one of them worked with the button board. As I said

Hi Tom, I noticed the extra set of contacts on the Switch8-MkII. I had initially wired it up wrong when using the Button Board. Once I realized my mistake, I was fine. Here is what I wrote about it

Hello All, Been having a problem setting up an NCE Switch 8 MK2 using a Button Board. I have two SWITCH 8 MK2 both have a button board connected. One works great push the button the track switches

Hello I was able to get my EB1's setup and working. The track isolation took a little work and I had to replace some pieces of track the Dremel tools cut the rails no problem but on small pieces of

Hi, I hate to ask another reverse loop question, but before I lay all the track and do the wiring, I want to verify that I have it right. A schematic of my proposed layout has been uploaded to the

Tom, there is a difference between a “short “ or short circuit that causes a circuit breaker to trip and a loco to stop, and an “open” that simply causes a loco to stop. Be sure to use the

A friend recently purchased a Digitrax DB210 as someone told him he'd need one for his layout. He's trying to figure out how to connect it to his DCC++EX base station. Can he simply use the signals

Hi Tom, Can you upload a drawing of your layout to this groups files section? Show where your problems are. I or someone else should then be able to help you. Thank you Allan Gartner Wiring for DCC