Folks, I attempted to do my first N scale decoder install that was not a drop in. It was a failure. It is a ESU V5. The first mistake I made was not testing the decoder. so I am not sure if it is my i

Out of respect of those follow the guidelines of this forum, due to messages being posted to this forum that do not pertain to DCC wiring, I am switching the forum to be a moderated one until further

Hi As my RR grows, I find I have need for more booster current than I get from my single DCS100. The expansion plan moves to three boosters (counting the DCS100), plus a location for a fourth. That fo

Sort of new to DCC. Older and retired and building for the first time a larger layout in spare bedroom. Have benchwork half done. Maybe I should think about wiring. My only experience with DCC is a 5'

I have a Weller WES51 soldering station that is supposed to be suitable for electronics work. Three prong plug. I have been using it for several years but would like to check to see if there is voltag

Hey everyone. I am wiring my control panels with six (6) NCE Switch8 Mark2/Button Boards in conjunction with SPST Switches and LED red/green lights and Tortoise Turnout Switches. I have been successfu

I am new to DCC, although I have been accumulating 'stuff' for 20 years - HO scale, so I have lots of questions, most pretty basic. Since the bus to feeder connection is a 'T' and precludes the use of

I have a 350w computer power supply that I am using for turnout motor control. I bought one of those adapters that plug into the motherboard pigtail and break-out 12v +/- 5v and 3v There are currently

iam building a peco ho code 100 dcc layout some of the turnouts i will use to enter the fright yard and exit the yard and some will be used in the fright yard ok question what turnout is better to use

Peco DCC wiring experts, Q1: I have the newer PECO SL-E8361 electrofrogs. I noticed the frog wire slots under the frog appears to be different that the one in Mr. Gartner's and many other video/pics o

I have 13 remaining "non DCC friendly" Shinohara turnouts on my layout that have served well in DC. Now planning to convert to DCC, and reading the "Wiring for DCC" page, I have a dilemma. I don't des

This subject comes up every once in a while in various forums. The whole purpose of providing multiple connections to model RR track rails is to provide a preferred low electrical resistance path for

Does anyone leave them as they come. It says on the back it is possible. I have modified several but with the extension I am thinking of using them as purchased. At least until I have my track planned

Good Afternoon I am relatively new to DCC and I have a few questions about wiring my layout. Here are the details of what I have done: 1. 3'x10' n scale unitrack layout (double tracked with several sp

All, I have added a section on cutting power to yard and roundhouse tracks in my website. You can find it at the What's New link at: http://www.wiringfordcc.com/wirefordcc_toc.htm#a1 Allan Gartner Wir

I have two 8 track staging yards at either end of my point to point layout. The main line run between the 2 yards is approximately 90 to 100 feet. Each staging yard is its own block and the main line

I have two 8-track staging yards on my layout, one at each of the point to point mainline of about 100 feet in length. Each staging yard is its own power block. I would like to be able to turn the pow

My friend has an early BLI PRR M1 that has a QSI decoder. I am unable to read the decoder, we have tried resetting the decoder with no luck. All it will do is sit on the track and make idle steam engi

Thank you and take care, John

I have added a topic on the Peco 3-Way turnouts to my website. You can get to it, along with other recent topics, in the What's New section of my website at: http://www.wiringfordcc.com/wirefordcc_toc