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DCC Keep-alive and Walthers Turntable

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Posted by gmpullman on Thursday, October 22, 2020 7:26 PM

No problem. I have quite a few various locomotives with keep alive caps and three different reversing sections, one using a Digitrax AR1, the other with a PSX-AR and the turntable with a microswitch that reverses the bridge track as it rotates past a certain point.

I believe the KA caps aren't affected since they are down-stream of the rectifier diodes on the decoder.

Good Luck, Ed

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Posted by Mark R. on Thursday, October 22, 2020 7:23 PM

Nothing that you would see. Same as if you put a reversing switch to your main track. You could throw that switch as many times as you want and the engine will just keep on rolling, sound, lights and all like nothing happened.

Mark.

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DCC Keep-alive and Walthers Turntable
Posted by stones fan on Thursday, October 22, 2020 7:19 PM

What happens to a DCC sound equipped engine with a keep-alive module when it goes through the reversing point on a Walthers turntable?

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