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? on buss wire
Posted by UNCLEBUTCH on Monday, January 25, 2016 1:47 PM

My layout, 3 10ft. tables in a U. 24in. wide except for ends. Main makes a complete loop. DCC  station in center.

Question; should the buss make a loop to follow track, or can it start in center ,go to both ends  a  T

Right now I have a bunch ofeeders pigtailed, then a jumper to another bunch and so on. Works fine just looks like a birds nest and I want to clean it up

thanks

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Posted by selector on Monday, January 25, 2016 2:02 PM

Do the T, and just tuck up the wire ends a safe distance from each other.

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Posted by BroadwayLion on Monday, January 25, 2016 5:33 PM

A Buss is a kiss, or a brand of electrical fuse.

A Bus is a vehicle; a bus wire is a vehicle for transporting electricity.

It matters not where you apply your power. The bus wire ought not make a complete circle connecting back to itself, as this may set up harmonics that will interfere with DCC, and will also make troubleshooting more difficult.

Beese is the plural of bus if you are being funny, as on SubChat. beeses, the plural of beese is pusing the joke a little far, as in the BroadwayLION.

Busted is what you are if you buss the wrong bust.

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Posted by UNCLEBUTCH on Monday, January 25, 2016 6:20 PM

Mr. Lion ..sir

Thankyou  for the information on that real big wire that goes under the layout. That's what I needed to understand.

Had I knowen 50 some years ago that spelling and words and such where so inportaint I would have paid more attenstion,  but I didn't  and i aint going back

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Posted by BroadwayLion on Tuesday, January 26, 2016 9:43 AM

Aye, I hear you. Words are fun, and I was sort of a dolt in school, all the way through high school. Graduated 550 in a class of about 560. But what the heck, graduate is graduate, the Navy took me as I was. After the Navy, I went back to college and graduated Magna *** Laude. Sometimes there are other issues in high school.

As a LION, however, I enjoy mangling words to soute my porpoise.

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