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MR Reviews? Does Anyone Know What DCC They Use?
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[quote user="canazar"] <P>Tilden, </P> <P> Yoru right. I did look up the top voltage and the setting listed it at 255. Well, it is all ready there. </P> <P>[:(] Adding a booster only increases the amps right? Does nothing about the voltage? Are all DCC systems putting out the same amount of volts?</P> <P>[/quote]</P> <P>No.</P> <P>Now, Be very careful. Im not a trained professional but I have been educated rather narrowly with my 8 amp Digitrax Super Chief that also has a 20 amp power supply behind it. I was told that I need to use 14 AWG wire for the main power and very short lengths of 20 AWG. (No more than a few inches off the main wire bus) The ampheres is powerful enough to cause fires and other problems should there be a short on the track, overheated wiring or other problems.</P> <P>Voltage I think is around 16 or so on the track I have to go back and check.</P> <P>Others will help you with your specific system and expound further on your question much better than I can.</P> <P>In trucking as long as I had the needed Voltage and enough Amps to feed all of the electrical systems on board the 18 wheeler I knew I was doing well. If I lost voltage I cannot shine the lights very well or run the truck very well after the batteries give out. Current is provided during engine start in massive amounts that needs proper batteries to do the job at the required levels. If the alternator wore out I cannot generate sufficent amps to support the voltage.</P> <P>Now that I totally confused you, I'll hide under my rock against the torch bearing vikings who can explain it to you better =)</P> <P>In the old O scale trainset I think our engine would slow down at the furthest part of the loop away from the transformer and speed up when it finally started to get closer to the transformer.</P> <P>I dont know if this is true in a DCC system.</P> <P>Cheers.</P>
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