“The AR10 is an NCE product. You are thinking of the AR1 from Digitrax.” I stand corrected. Best regards, Steve Steve Haas Snoqualmie, WA

“The AR1 is made by Digitrax. It is adjustable and uses a relay. It is challenging to get adjusted for all your locos. I sold it”. “The AR10 is made by NCE. I have one. I've been too busy building my

“The NCE AR10 is older technology that may require a bit of adjusting.” The AR10 is not an NCE product. It’s (IIRC) a Digitrax product, and internally is a mechanical relay that cannot reverse it’s ou

“I am working on my 2nd DCC layout and I was hoping to get some advise on wiring a double reversing loop to an AR10. I put an image of my layout in a photo album named DarrenYoungDoubleReversingLoop.

Bernard inquires: >>>>> Which Type of Wire actually works best for DCC signal ?? Strand Wire or Solid Wire, <<<<< There’s no difference in performance between stranded and solid wire at the voltages a

"I know this is late to respond to, but I hope to get some more information. Don, I understand what you wrote, but I am not sure I made myself clear. Suppose I have a three-block layout. Block A conne

“From everything I've heard, the twisted bus wires are just to get them close to each other- the twist itself doesn't actually do anything, so speaker wire or zip cord that's 14ga or larger is ideal f

Frank writes: “I finally just finished installing my two HO tracks and associated buss lines and the connections to the Digitrax controller. Three of my four electrical blocks are operating fine but o

Jerry Michels inquires: "Don, This may have been addressed before, but won't a snubber appear as a load to a current-sensing detector?" Jerry, It is something that needs to be considered but Is easily

Brent Johnson inquires: “I am wiring a staging yard control panel for push button routing using a NCE Switch 8 and NCE mini panel. I wired the Switch 8, tested it, and each tortoise responded to their

Michael Boyle inquires, “I have a power district that is just over 40 feet long. This power district is divided into five sub-districts protected by four circuit breakers and an auto-reverser. For con

“I have a brand new GP60 I just got out of my storage cargo trailer yesterday and discovered it would not move. I'm now in the process of cleaning out that 'peanut butter lube'. I also got out 2 GP20'

"In the photos area, under my name, as we now can't load JPG files to the files area." Blair, I've downloaded and reviewed your JPG. In my opinion you're making this more complex than it needs to be.

Nothing at all to prevent you from using a "common" bus for the other rail on each of those tracks. If you think about it, whether you install a second "block" bus for that other rail or tie them all

Perry writes: “It will be a time consuming project to wire all my turnouts.” It may appear a bit daunting at first, but your project can be broken down into easily completed tasks. My preferred method

The manual for the NCE command station will tell you to connect that “booster common” to one of the screws on the NCE Power Pro (Command station and booster). Best regards, Steve Steve Haas Snoqualmie

>>>>> Charles, I took a shot at a solution. Three reverse loops. <<<<< I can wire that layout with two reversing _sections_, plus the turntable. Best regards, Steve Steve Haas Snoqualmie, WA

https://sites.google.com/site/markgurries/home/dcc-general-best-practices/wiring-planing/max-track-bus-lenght

Hi Jim, To be honest I could go either way, your approach or mine. When it comes to layout wiring, I grew up as a student of Westcott and Mallory – that has stayed with me through the years and contin

W. J., The answers you’ve been given so far and exotic, technically correct, and unfortunately much more elegant that what you need to do. Read on: Your plan shows insulators on both rails on both bra