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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by tylers dad Im not to familiar with dcc it seems too complicated. [/quote] As an advocate and forthrite supporter of DCC i assure that the wiring for DCC is vastly more simple than standard DC wiring. On a typical 4X8 Layout there is rouly 1/3 the total wiring involved with DCC vs, what is involved with conventional DCC. DCC only requires a 14 gauge main bus with all the feeders tieing into at at about 6 foot intervals. (You can go longer but DCC signals are suceptible to dirty track. 6 feet between ensures relaibility) with no toggle switches for block control, or the complicated rail cutting and togle switch wiring for common rail cab control (DC) As for the Decoders in Locomotives. That is a Plug in the chip and go installation in almost every locomotive made today. So you do not have complicated wiring of decoders to worry about. THe only place wiring can get a little messy in DCC is with Reverse loops and "Wye" tracks for turning trains. But automatic reversing units are made to handle that should you wi***o employ them. Again, with alot simpler of a wiring arangment than what is found in standard DC power.
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