Hi all, I am on with laying track and installing dropper wires while laying track, testing conductivity of the dropper wires as i go via dc supply and a little shunter for the moment, i have cut the dropper wires overlength to around 8 inches each, when it comes time to run the bus wires round to them what length is to be reccomended for the droppers not to have a voltage drop anywhere.
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The above is my opinion, from an active and experienced Model Railroader in N scale and HO since 1961.
(Modeling Freelance, Eastern US, HO scale, in 1962, with NCE DCC for locomotive control and a stand alone LocoNet for block detection and signals.) http://waynes-trains.com/ at home, and N scale at the Club.
Call em what you like. Electricians cal them drops, model railroaders tend to call them feeders.
It would be wise to run your bus first, following the main track so the drops or feeders don't have that far to run. If you are running 22 or 24 AWG wired, the length should be irrelevant if the bus is under the main. If you have a longer run, you can add a pigtail of 18 AWG wire to the feeders or drops in order to complete the longer run without voltage drops. I know of at least three local layouts using 24AWG wire in drops or feeders of less than five inches with no voltage drop or DCC signal loss at all.
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Thank you for all the information guys sure it will come in useful.
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