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Looking for good basic wiring tips and wiring layouts for a 4x8 n scale setup

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Looking for good basic wiring tips and wiring layouts for a 4x8 n scale setup
Posted by matthewd5 on Wednesday, January 9, 2013 11:11 PM

hello.

i've looked  through all of the electrical postings and saw lots of trouble shooting problems and i've even picked up a book on model rail roading wiring but didn't learn much...

someone must have some sample power grid setups that they have come up with?

looking to run an MRC Prodigy 2 on a 4'x8' N Scale setup

planning on using barrier wiring blocks distributed around the bottom of the board

the top hard surface on the bench is 3/4" plywood then 2" of dow blue styrofoam

pretty straightforward setup, just trying to absorb some wiring ideas before i make any dumb mistakes

matthew

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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, January 10, 2013 2:10 AM

Without knowing the track plan of your layout, it is quite difficult to give you any hint, other than just general remarks.

I understand you will run this layout on DCC. A 4 by 8 layout run on DCC really does not need complicated wiring, just make sure you have sufficient power feeders installed. Watch the polarity, though.

da1
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Posted by da1 on Thursday, January 10, 2013 8:50 AM

Matthew,

Allan Gartner's Wirng for DCC is invaluable.  I read it front to back before wiring my first DCC layout.

Keep your stick on the ice.  Dwayne A.

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