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[quote user="Mark R."]Stevert     Mark R. Mmmm - You don't want 5 - 8amp boosters .... you want one single 40 amp booster !? You realize that if an engine derails on a turnout and shorts, you will be welding parts together, right ? 40 amps on the rails just might glow in the dark under full load ! Mark.         There are always DCC circuit breakers to keep that from happening.  But enough of them for a 40-amp booster and you're headed back towards that $700, instead of away from it. To the OP: There are LOTS of layouts with multiple boosters.  Don't you think that if a single, high-amp booster was more suitable for such layouts, that someone would already be producing one?  Even the CVP ZoneMaster is only 7 amps continuous.    From a well know DCC site .... The boosters with higher current ratings are better: FALSE. An oversized booster will have too much available inrush current for smaller scales. Unless you have correctly set circuit protection, locomotive damage is possible. If you employ a power management device and divide the layout into power districts, with a lower current (for example, 4A) setting, this may make sense. Remember, high current boosters can deliver a lot of current into a short circuit, as much as 60A for a brief period of time. Which results in damage before a circuit breaker can react to it. Mark.[/quote] I never said I will be using 60 Amps. It will be 15 or 20 at the most. Like I said, I need a booster that can conduct through rails with poor connections between them, not a booster that can run 30 locomotives in the same district
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