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[quote]QUOTE: <i>Originally posted by jrbernier</i> <br /><br />Bruce, <br /> <br /> I have Atlas CL turnouts with the 'dead' metal frog on my layout. I have never had to power them. Most newer engines have 'all wheel' power pickup and should have no problem bridging the gap. Even with 'DCC Friendly' turnouts, you can short out the system if you run a switch that is set against you. Think about some kind of 'power district' management(I use a Digitrax PM42 to seperate the layout into 4 'districts'). That way a problem on one side of the layout does not force a shutdown of the DCC booster and stop everyone! <br /> <br />Jim <br />[/quote] <br /> <br />Same here. I use Atlas CL and have never needed to power the frogs.
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