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Posted by richg1998 on Thursday, January 19, 2017 9:24 AM

Look at the link. It might help.

http://www.wiringfordcc.com/switches.htm

The slightest DCC interruption and the microprocessor on the decoder will reset stopping the loco. Even if the loco has a flywheel, the loco will still stop. Has for me.

Rich

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Posted by MisterBeasley on Wednesday, January 18, 2017 8:13 PM

Stalling is not a DCC problem any more than it is a DC problem.  However, it may be noticed more in DCC because a decoder may reset if power is removed momentarily, whereas a DC engine will coast over a short interruption.  Run that DC engline slowly enough, though, and it will stall, too.

The best suggestion is to plan to power frogs, particularly on longer turnouts where a dead frog is most likely to cause a problem.  You can only do this on turnouts which have metal frogs, not plastic.

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Posted by rrinker on Wednesday, January 18, 2017 10:16 AM

 What brand of turnouts are you using? That will determine what sort of wiring needs to be done.

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Wiring switches in DCC -
Posted by Portcnw on Tuesday, January 17, 2017 8:13 PM

I'm new to DCC and have read allot about wiring switches so my locos don't stall on my turnouts.

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