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Feeder Wires

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Anonymous
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Feeder Wires
Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, June 17, 2004 2:20 PM
What is a feeder wire and what are they for?
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jwmurrayjr
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Posted by jwmurrayjr on Thursday, June 17, 2004 2:32 PM
Hi,

Simply put, a feeder is a wire from the track power bus to the rail. The Atlas rail joiners with attached wire are an example of a "feeder".

The following webpage shows some simple information on feeders and buses for DCC. DC would be essentially the same as far as the feeders go.

http://www.trainweb.org/silversanjuan/Page3/Page13.html

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Jim Murray The San Juan Southern RR

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snowey
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Posted by snowey on Friday, June 18, 2004 2:08 AM
in other words, it's just the wire that brings power to the track..
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