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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by NTDN [quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by dave9999 [quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by Grayhound Challenger " Right now I have my layout temporaily dismantled to make it easier to facilitate to conversion of DCC. [/quote] Just curious, why would you dismantle your layout to convert to DCC? Dave [/quote] He wants to remove all those old useless wires so he can sell them for scrape so he can buy another Engine from the proceeds. :) [/quote] NDTN is partially right. I took it apart so that I may access the wiring easier. I have a 4X6foot with 18inch X10foot extension on one end that is the main yard. (This arrangement fills the available space in my parent’s garage while I am attending college I might add) With these pieces disassembled into their different sections. I am able to maneuver the pieces around so that access to the parts I need is easier. Also I am an assistant on the Wiring For DCC web site. (http://www.wiringfordcc.com) and upon reading it as well as the "DCC Demystified" series of RMC it became obvious that while regular block control wiring is o.k. for DCC, that DCC for optimum results should best use a method of wiring optimally suited for it. It is this rewiring for optimization that I am doing. Because as I posted earlier. "I can do better than that" pertaining to my old wiring. As for the exess wires. I will probably reuse them on the next expansion since I tend to over build for ruggedness anyway. They are more than adaquate for use in DCC wiring. (in terms of wirie guage that is)
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