All, I’m not planning to give you all a blow-by-blow of what is happening in this transition, but you need this one. My website is back up. I spent some time checking to see if everything

All, In preparation for adding a blog, I've decided to do some updating to my website and using new software to do that. I'm hoping that this will all go smoothly. But who am I fooling, software

Twist Again, that is rich. Here is the deal, if you run wires in parallel what ever is on one will to some degree cross over. It is exactly the way a transformer works. If it is just AC or DC there

All To twist or not to twist, that is the question and I guess it's up to us as individuals to adopt a "Chubby Checker" approach like he did a number of summers ago or not. What I do know is that they

Tom, The buss wires can be run through the same hole without a problem. You can also twist them. Jerry Michels Amarillo Railroad Museum

Twist each bus pair. You can run the bus pairs through the same holes in your benchwork. Allan

I recently build a new ho layout with 6 power districts. Initially I was keeping the district bus wires separate and semi twisted. Toward the end I ran several districts in the same holes and barely

I am starting the wiring of my new HO layout. I will have 4 power districts. My question is do I need to keep the bus wires separated or can they be run through the same cut out holes under the

All, When changing topics, please start a new message thread. More people are likely to read your message if an old topic has run its course. Thank you Allan Gartner Wiring For DCC

I use 12 AWG solid core without the insulating jacket (in other words ground bus wire).  I run a pair of these wires near my main line.  The wires are held in place and apart from each other with

Brad Ketchen writes: >Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2018 06:09:18 PDT >Gary.. I'd actually suggest feeders at every 3 foot section of track. And for turnouts..I have no problem with Micro Engineering

I’ve found 3M “suitcase” connectors make the job even easier. No need to solder anything underneath benchwork. Similarly, if you tin the track end of the jumper, soldering it to the rail is

If you drop feeders at the end of each track, you can skip every other joint and wind up with feeders every 6' while still following the "one per piece of rail" rule. This gives you another advantage

btw.. my system is NCE Power cab too. I've replaced all my old Shinohara turnouts and the newer Atlas as the points are too loose...I like to hand throw them as I have a switching layout. Lance

Jim.. have you tried cleaning the track? I have a bright boy at the ready... could be something as simple as that! Just a suggestion. Brad

We experience a similar problem on a friends 25-year old layout. The layout was built with Atlas and later with some Shinohara turnouts. DCC was employed a few years after. Because the layout was

Jim, If other equipment stays energized it is not a short circuit but an open one. Turn on the headlight and make it crawl through in either orientation or direction. If the light goes off, you lost

Just a bit off of the subject, but I am just completing the wiring of a 30' x 20' HOn3 layout using Micro Engineering flex track and turnouts. NCE power for DCC with PSX cbs and PSX-AR auto

Gary.. I'd actually suggest feeders at every 3 foot section of track. And for turnouts..I have no problem with Micro Engineering turnouts...and I run DCC/DC with a DPDT switch. cheers, Brad

IMHO, I would never depend on rail joiners for electrical conductivity. I solder power drops every six feet, in the middle of two three foot sections of flex track soldered together using #18 solid