I have 4 - 3 amp regulated 12VDC wall warts, so they are available. Sent from Mail for Windows

Any true “wall wart” where the ‘box’ plugs directly into the wall outlet is generally too small in watt and ampere rating to correctly power a DCC booster intended to operate a train. But you

BillN: Anything that is DC only! Morgan Bilbo, DCC since 8/18. Model PRR 1952.

Can't it be used to power a DCC track layout?

20 DCV = 14.75-14.95... use or not? Thanks

Richard, I have a whole pile of old wall warts, but I generally find that getting the right power supply for the right purpose ends up working better. That being said, there are plenty of uses for 12V

Power a bunch of LED lights in a town or industry area. LEDs I have used work well at 20 mA. Rich Rich Randall Gettysburg, PA Modeling The Milwaukee Road at Avery, ID, in O Scale The

Richard Get your voltmeter, set it to 20V range, and plug in the adapter in and measure the output with no load. If it's a regulated supply, it will read 12V. If it's not regulated,

I found an AC-DC wall wart in the garage. It's 120V, 11W and output is 12V, 400mA. It's from an old phone charger. What can I use it for? Thanks for suggestions. Richard

Don, you said it well. There may be many ways to make connections, but the key is to do it right the first time! This is the best anti-gremlin dust there is. Jerry Michels

PennsyNut, Your wiring method clearly is working for you so far. That's great. I like your mention of tugging. I'm a believer in the "tug test", at appropriate forces for each connection being

Perhaps I should clarify some of what I did. The wires from the command station to the terminal block are 18 AWG, and are simply screwed to the TB. From there, the wires are 20 AWG all the way to the

We actually do not solder anything on the club layout except for track drops and inside control panels. All wires drop to spade lugs and a small terminal block. 20 Gauge solid wire for soldering to

Thank you for your responce Morgan. I now have a clear understanding of what to do. It seems there is more than one way to skin this cat. John D

Thank you for your responce Jerry. I now have a clear understanding of what to do. It seems there is more than one way to skin this cat. John D

I know I'm going to stir this up, but: When I started to try to understand how to wire my layout, I was totally confused about wire size. I did have an abundance of the cable that has 8 wires inside

I am not trying to stir the pot, but we have used both AWG 20 and 22 stranded wire for drops that are over a foot long, depending on the specific location/situation. We use either AGW 12 or 14 for

Thanks Morgan. I am in fact using 20AWG wires. Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone

Hi Greg, There is a DCC company called CVP products, (cvpusa.com) You might want to contact CVP. But before you do, the easy thing to try is resetting the decoder. Put the loco on a programming

A friend of mine bought a loco at a swap meet that looks like it has a decoder, but I can't wake it up. There is only one identifying mark on it--'CVP'. Can anybody help identify? Thanks, Greg