Cheap and easy short protection for your DCC layout

[n2mopac]

Before you spend $$$ on circuit breakers and extra high-tech equipment, here is a very easy and inexpensive way of managing short circuits on your DCC equipped layout that protects your locomotives and your DCC system as well as confines shorts to one district without shutting down your entire layout. I have been using this method for 15 years and it has worked great. Check it out and give it a try.

https://youtu.be/6e6IecGiNtM

[BigDaddy]

Nicely done video.

[maxman]

There was just a discussion on this topic about two weeks age:

http://cs.trains.com/mrr/f/744/t/263779.aspx

I personally tried this method and didn't like it.

For a discussion of minuses and plusess and a modification to help alleviate some of the minuses see: http://www.rr-cirkits.com/Notebook/short.html by Dick Bronson, a much smarter individual than I.

[RR_Mel]

maxman

 

For a discussion of minuses and plusess and a modification to help alleviate some of the minuses see: http://www.rr-cirkits.com/Notebook/short.html, by Dick Bronson, a much smarter individual than I.

 

Try this link:    

http://www.rr-cirkits.com/Notebook/short.html 

 

Mel

 

Modeling the early to mid 1950s SP in HO scale since 1951

            

 

My Model Railroad   

http://melvineperry.blogspot.com/

 

Bakersfield, California

 

I'm beginning to realize that aging is not for wimps.

 

[maxman]

Looks like the same link to me.  Wonder why the first one didn't work?

[gmpullman]

maxman

Wonder why the first one didn't work?

Maybe the period included at the end (right after the "html") of the first one?

Ed

[maxman]

Yup, that would do it.  I'll have to edit that out.

Edit:  Nope, didn't work.  Edited the original post and re-entered link.  Seems to work now.

[n2mopac]

I had not seen this before. This looks interesting to me. I may have to play with this a bit and come back with some comparative results.

[hon30critter]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6e6IecGiNtM&feature=youtu.be

Clickable link from the first post on the thread.

Dave

[robkoz]

Thanks for the tip!