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Bus Wires - Accessories - Ground

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Posted by lionelsoni on Thursday, February 6, 2014 8:43 AM

Be sure to use 14 AWG or larger wire.  The ZW's circuit breaker is rated at 15 amperes.

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Posted by ADCX Rob on Thursday, February 6, 2014 5:36 AM

It's all the same electrons - all 4 "U" posts are connected to each other internally.

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Bus Wires - Accessories - Ground
Posted by khook26 on Wednesday, February 5, 2014 10:37 PM

Hello All.  Again, I'm new to the hobby and have a real quick question.  I'm running a post war O 27 gauge.  I'm running off an old ZW transformer.  I have run a bus wire for my track power (ground and hot).  I am going to run a second and possible third bus wire(s) for accessories/switches/signals/etc.  My question is...do i need to run a separate ground wire for every other "hot" bus wire...or can i simply connect to the ground wire that's already going to the transformer/track????

Please and thank you to anyone who answers,,,

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