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Wiring layouts for DCC

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Posted by locoi1sa on Monday, May 26, 2008 1:34 PM

  I clicked on the link on your post an it came right up.

        Pete
 

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Posted by Walleye on Monday, May 26, 2008 11:45 AM

Pete,

Afraid the link as given doesn't work. S/B:

www.members.optusnet.com.au/nswmn2/DCC.htm

(size matters - Mischief [:-,])

Thanks.

-Wayne Ryback "Illegitimi non carborundum!"
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Posted by locoi1sa on Monday, May 26, 2008 11:03 AM

  Hi Walleye

 Another great site is Marcus DCC for dummies.

  www.members.optusnet.com.au/nswmn2/dcc.htm

  Pete
 

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Wiring layouts for DCC
Posted by Walleye on Monday, May 26, 2008 8:36 AM

Just found a website that answers a lot of questions that have come up on this forum regarding wiring layouts for DCC. (Truth is, I think I glanced at this site a while ago, then lost it.) It answers my question about twist, jamnest's "Stranded versus solid wire" thread, questions about safing with auto tail-light bulbs, and lots of layout-related issues that are raised repeatedly on this forum. The link is:

www.wiringfordcc.com/index.htm

by Allan Gartner. He's a double-E and bases his recommendations on empirical data, mostly from his own engineering experiments. Of course, it's not current on decoder technology, but as he says, the physics of layout wiring don't change. It's a must-read!

 

-Wayne Ryback "Illegitimi non carborundum!"

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