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MartyE and Kodi the Husky Dog! ( 3/31/90-9/28/04 ) www.MartyE.com My O Gauge Web Page and Home of Kodiak Junction!
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Buckeye Riveter......... OTTS Charter Member, a Roseyville Raider and a member of the CTT Forum since 2004..
Jelloway Creek, OH - ELV 1,100 - Home of the Baltimore, Ohio & Wabash RR
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QUOTE: Originally posted by Buckeye Riveter Err..the local train store that I am referring to is: http://www.davistrains.com/repairshop.asp And guess who gave me the advice about the power drops every 6-8 feet. [:D] [^]
QUOTE: Originally posted by Big_Boy_4005 QUOTE: Originally posted by Buckeye Riveter Err..the local train store that I am referring to is: http://www.davistrains.com/repairshop.asp And guess who gave me the advice about the power drops every 6-8 feet. [:D] [^] Hey Buck, are you talking power on the center rail, or ground on the outer rails? I had planned to have power (center rail) on every section of Gargraves track, and matching ground feeds as well. The concern on the large layout is that too many different entry points would "water down" the signal. That was my unerstanding of the function of the chokes. Another potential problem is, if the signal has to travel down wires of different lengths, wouldn't there be something of an echo as the signal emerged from the longer wire later than from the shorter wire. If the distances are long enough, the resulting offset could cause problems.
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