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insulating my track at the end of my bus?

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[quote user="jjdamnit"]With DCC signals no termination device is necessary. The bus signal self-terminates.[/quote] How exactly does it "self terminate"?    <a href="https://ncedcc.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/204128735-Snubber-RC-Filter">https://ncedcc.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/204128735-Snubber-RC-Filter</a> <a href="https://ncedcc.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/204633765-Wiring-Standards-for-Large-layouts">https://ncedcc.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/204633765-Wiring-Standards-for-Large-layouts</a> Also here is the source of the original posters questions. <a href="http://www.wiringfordcc.com/track_2.htm#a47">http://www.wiringfordcc.com/track_2.htm#a47</a>    On a small layout, you can probably get away with an unterminated bus.  Large layouts will not work properly without RC filters and properly twisted wires, separation between the cab bus and dcc track bus, etc.  To the OP: If you ever plan on expanding your layout, it might be a valuable idea to follow best practices.  A simple Atlas track saw is all you need to gap.  A snubber (RC filter) on a small layout is probably not necessary, unless you start having the problems listed on NCE's website.  Except one of those problems is a blown decoder, a capacitor+resistor is probably cheaper than a sound decoder, so probably worth the trouble and investment ($5 for track saw+$1.00 for capacitor +$1.00 for resistor).
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