I run 5 amps on the Super Chief. I have many wall warts of different voltages for different items on the layout but these camp fires sit right over the bus and they would be the only other items I would be running besides the track power from the bus. These camp fires use 20ma of power each and I ask only for the reason of not wanting to mess up the operation of the bus, or blow up the the three LED's that make up the camp fires. Doug
Same as another recent thread on a similar topic. They probably don;t draw enough power to materially affect your train running power, however you do not want to make a habit of connecting accessories to the DCC power because eventually you WILL have enough things to use up a significant portion of the power. You can always add more, but a booster + power supply is a lot more expensive than just a plain power supply to runt eh accessories.
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Modeling the Reading Railroad in the 1950's
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What amps from the DCC system do you have?
Rich
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It should work, but why are you using DCC power(13-15 volts) that is meant for your railroad? Wall Wart power supplies are cheap(and I bet you have a cuple laying aroung).
Jim
Modeling BNSF and Milwaukee Road in SW Wisconsin
Just received a couple Evans Designs camp fires rated 5-19 volts and includes Bridge Rectifier for all AC,DC or DCC use. I want these to operate when the layout is on for the Hobo camps. Is it smart to solder in to the DCC bus of the DigiTrax system or should I use another, meaning seperate voltage hook-up as I have many different DC voltage transformers running on the layout for other purposes? Doug