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<p>[quote user="gregc"]</p> <p> </p> <div class="quote-header"> </div> <blockquote class="quote"> <div class="quote-user">BMMECNYC</div> <div class="quote-content"> <blockquote class="quote"> <div class="quote-user">gregc</div> <div class="quote-content">the voltage drop is 0.14V at 1A.   Even if this were tripled, would it be excessive?</div> </blockquote> <p><a href="https://sites.google.com/site/markgurries/home/dcc-general-best-practices/wiring-planing/max-track-bus-lenght">https://sites.google.com/site/markgurries/home/dcc-general-best-practices/wiring-planing/max-track-bus-lenght</a></p> <div style="clear:both;"> </div> </div> </blockquote> <div class="quote-footer"> </div> <p> </p> <div style="clear:both;"> </div> <div style="clear:both;">he tabulates values for 5 and 10% voltage drop.   0.14V is 1%.   2% assuming an equal drop in 14g bus.</div> <div style="clear:both;"> </div> <div style="clear:both;">or was there some specific section of the web page you were referring to.</div> <div style="clear:both;"> </div> <div style="clear:both;"> </div> <div style="clear:both;"> </div> <p>[/quote]</p> <p>Nope, that was it.  I really dont think voltage drop is the basis, well, unless you count the possibility of one or more unsoldered rail joiners loosing contact, causing high resistance joint or no contact. </p> <p>I think there probably is a dead horse here somewhere, or we have stumbled onto the path of a philosophical wiring discussion.</p>
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