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Posted by Don Gibson on Friday, February 18, 2005 7:08 PM
YES, but either EVERY PIECE of track, or every 3 teet..

Essentially it's the coverage, and amperage of the engines, that come into play. Most of today's engine are under 0.5 amps and with 3-4 max on any piece of flextack - that's under 2 amps.

Your booster's 8 amps is it's capacity, and it is spread among many pieces of track.(and engines}..
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Posted by rrinker on Friday, February 18, 2005 6:42 PM
HO or N? (or Z or O, or G?)

Most phone wire is #24, that's a bit on the light side for even short feeders for HO and larger. 2' of feeder length means a total path length of 4 feet - you should be able to keep the feeders down to about a foot each instead of two feet each. If the wire you have actually is #22, go for it.

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wire gauges?
Posted by daniel1967 on Friday, February 18, 2005 6:30 PM
can phone wire (22-24) be used for feeders (app.2ft. long) every 4 ft. off a # 12 bus with 8 amp boosters?., ,

Only cause it's free..... Dan

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