Jim, you have provided the best overview of what should be considered "Best Practices" for converting to DCC or building a DCC railroad! I have assisted in converting a couple DC railroads to DCC and

I am trying to setup a button board to control my turnouts I have push buttons that have an red/green LED in it. The Cobalt Digital IP shows you can connect an LED to it but the wiring diagram is

Thanks for your input Jim. It's greatly appreciated. John Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone

... forgot to add that I use the PSX circuit breakers (DCC ONLY) and love them and recommend them. My personal practice is that "no rail is not protected by a PSX breaker" - that means I

John, *** The following are my opinions - based upon my experiences of converting 3 separate DC layouts to DCC. *** 1) If it was a working layout on DC it is probably/possibly good for DCC.

I forgot to say, that exactly where you attach the feeder is not critical - as long as you pass the quarter test. Allan

John, If you place your feeders every 3-6 feet and are adequately sized, you will be fine. Just be sure to do the "quarter test" and test short out your track at least every 3 feet. If your booster

Hi Allan, Thanks for your timely reply. On image A there is one feeder each on opposite ends of the section of track. On image B both feeders are on the same end of the section of track. Does it

Hi John, Can you elaborate on what you mean by A vs. B wiring feeders? The conventional wisdom is attach feeders every 3 to 6 feet. As far as feeder size and length, see the table in my website at:

Hello all, What are your thoughts on A vs B wiring Feeders to the bus. I'll be using a Star configuration for the bus wires. I'm converting an existing DC layout to DCC and tight

Allan, The PECO Unifrogs are terrific. Bill D N&W Steam Only

Hello All, Problem is now solved. I placed an updated doc AR10 Working My AR10 now working I needed to isolate the section of track which had the short circuit. I had a DCC Feeder wire on that

The following files and folders have been uploaded to the Files area of the w4dccqa@groups.io group. /AR10.docx By: Tom Grassi <trgrassijr@...> Description: My layout

Guys, I put a Doc in the files section showing my diagram I hope that helps better explain My layout diagram for the reverse loop issue AR10 AR10.docx When I insulated a track both rails have

Hi, Tom. Your description isn't 100% clear. I'm not sure you've gapped both rails of both ends of your reversing section,. That is essential, so if you haven't done so, it is the first step toward a

Tom. Please tell us what you found And fixed to help others. DonV

Tom, Reverse loops are pretty simple - once you understand it. Basic premise is that the entire reverse loop is -only- powered via the reverser. As in - the reverse loop does not share power with

I figured this out thanks -- Tom Grassi trgrassijr@...

Hello Hope all is well I have a simple setup here. I have one track Black wire on inside rail and red wire on outside rail that connects to a right hand Atlas Powered frog turnout.

I also used V blocks cut from plywood. For repeated alignment. Magnets were for powering 2 track plus 3' on each side of bridge. I also made a swing bridge, using a door and door know as alighnment