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DIY DCC voltmeter adapter

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DIY DCC voltmeter adapter
Posted by richg1998 on Tuesday, April 13, 2010 10:15 PM

I got this idea from the below site. Wokrs very well.

http://home.cogeco.ca/~rpaisley4/CircuitIndex.html#index

I a;so have his DCC Amp meter adapter. I connect that amp meter adapter to a PM128, 3 1/2 digit panel meter for constant monitoring

I have a LokSound decoder in the loco. The DC power pack feeds 13.55 volts DC to the controller.

Rich

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Posted by rrinker on Wednesday, April 14, 2010 7:48 AM

 One piece of calibration information - since you have a PowerCab, it has a built-in ammeter. How do the readings compare to Rob's circuit?

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Posted by richg1998 on Wednesday, April 14, 2010 11:16 AM

rrinker

 One piece of calibration information - since you have a PowerCab, it has a built-in ammeter. How do the readings compare to Rob's circuit?

                                             --Randy

 

 

I will have to do that. I made the DCC Amp Meter for our club layout that uses the 5 amp NCE Power Pro. We only run about seven sound engines at one time.

No problems at the layout. Just curious.

Rich

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