rrinker Plenty of current detectors work fine on DC. The original Twin-T from way back when and any of the related designs up to the advent of DCC, in fact. The Chubb Optimized Detector from the C/MRI series (and you can still get them) is an improved Twin-T design that works with DC. --Randy
Plenty of current detectors work fine on DC. The original Twin-T from way back when and any of the related designs up to the advent of DCC, in fact. The Chubb Optimized Detector from the C/MRI series (and you can still get them) is an improved Twin-T design that works with DC.
--Randy
I guess I could have worded that better, possibly those that use a coil to sense current flow (a kind of transformer), need AC to work. Diode drop detectors will work with DC just fine.
Thanks, my google skill failed me, so I thought I would ask.
Henry
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Shenandoah Valley
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Current detection for block occupancy. It is used for either signaling or for hidden track (helix, staging, etc) occupancy. Most current detectors work with DCC only.