Track and electrical/DCC
South Bend Signal users?
Hi.
I'm installing South Bend Signal Company searchlight signals on my layout, and I'm hoping there are some other users in the forum who have experience hooking them up.
JMRI & MRC
We have all heard about MRC Prodigy DCC systems not supporting JMRI over the past few years. The good news is that MRC finally decoded to get on the JMRI bandwagon! MRC & JMRI developers have been working on making that happen - Sometime this summer JMRI will be releasing a new version with support for the MRC Prodigy systems.
Jim
Those darn reverse loops!
I've reached the stage where I must consider how to implement isolation and wiring of reverse loops and for the life of me I'm having a hard time trying to understand the requirements.
If someone could help I would be most grateful.
My layout looks like this:
and, as far as I can tell there are two reverse loops:
Power for Tortoise switch machines in a garage sized layout
Just starting to add some Tortoise switch machines to the layout. I expect I will have around 30 machines in total.
My plan is to run a "Buss" like I would for track power around the entire layout, but I started to think that would be overkill.
My questions
1. Is it better to have one big "buss" or break it up into smaller sections?
2. If I run a buss what size wire. Expect around 250-300 feet of buss needed.
Need a complete electric solution for this layout
Hi all,
I am an enthusiast who seems to have run into a brick wall with respect to electricals for my layout. I demarcated the sections in colours, but it seems i will end up with half a dozen controllers if I follow what I understand. The layout is essentially two main lines with a loop that crosses over and on to the inside of the oval.
I would truly appreciate it if someone could tell me how to wire this layout, including power, connections, correct isolator location et al. I am looking at a maximum of two trains running at the same time.
Why does it have to be so $%#$% difficult?
Why on earth does it have to be so #$%#^$ difficult?
I'm in the process of installing and configuring a couple of locos with DCC and sound. This is something I've done in the past, numerous times, but it's been about a year, and I guess I forgot what a pain in the a#$ it is.
Does it need to be?
Everything in this process is painful, and no where is there sufficient, easy to use documentation.
2 motor locomotive=2 Decoders
The Right Tool for the Job... Heat Shrink Tubing
I'm curious to know, what tools and methods are you using to install heat shrink around sensitive components?
What connectors for inside locomotives?
What do you think about using connectors like this for speakers, trucks, etc., inside HO locomotives?
I'm envisioning using these to connect chassis to shells and trucks to chassis. They are standard .1" crimp connectors from Pololu. Is there something smaller I should consider?
Power supplies for DCC?
Hey everyone....I hope my question comes out clear....what is the proper voltage supply ( AC or dc ) to the system for DCC???....I see some have an ac output. Some have a dc output.
And I think i understand that it's an alternating dc pulse not pure ac....my reason for asking is. I am able to "aquire"..or as I call it "appropriate" dc power supplies from work. 12 volt dc. 10 and 20 amps. Sola and wiedmuler to be exact...nice small panel track mounts. Would these work????
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