Follow up question - DC with DCC

[richhotrain]

Why not gaps the rails and isolate the DC test track from the rest of the layout just to be certain?

Rich

[mobilman44]

Hi,

To follow up my earlier post/thread, I've got a Digitrax zephyr coming in a couple of days to use as the power source for testing/maintenance of DCC locos.

Now I know that mixing DC and DCC is NOT recommended (especially by me) on a layout.   But what about a 3 ft test track?

Said another way, if I have a test track hooked to the zephyr, and set a DC (no decoder whatsoever) on it, would it do nothing, operate as normal, or smoke and burn?

Thanks all, I'm sure others have tried this, but I have not.