Power question about Prodigy Advance DCC

[n2mopac]

Here is a quick question for someone who knows. I know some DCC systems support additional boosters to up total amps for a layout and some do not. I assume that that Prodigy Advance supports extra boosters, but then again I know I should never assume anything. Someing in the know tell me for sure, does this system support additional boosters to raise the amperage of the layout?

Ron

[rrinker]

Yes, it does. MRC even sells one that will work great, althouhg I would STRONGLY recommend using some sort of electronic circuit breaker such as those sold by Tony's Train Exchange, with that MRC Power Station 8, which is an 8-amp booster. Unless you are running large scale and really need 8 amps into all the track all the time, if you break your layout up into power districts using electronic circuit breakers, a derailment and short of one train won't shut down your entire layout, just that section.

--Randy

[n2mopac]

Thanks, Randy. I do plan to use breakers and 6 power districts. This is exactly the info I needed.

Ron