Power DCC layout

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@k4xtt 8 ай бұрын

Excellent illustration and layout!!!

@dcctrain 8 ай бұрын

Many thanks!

@kidgrave Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for this video! This made it easy for me to understand DDC wiring. I’m a newbie to the hobby and am going to setup my first layout very soon!

@dcctrain Жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@AbelG8781 4 жыл бұрын

And another thing for those of us in DCC, length of wire run isnt necessarily the issue rather voltage loss. As long as your voltage stays the same along your tracks you're fine. What I do is... 1. Place booster in the middle of track run with isolation gaps (4 total if wiring a single mainline) on each end of track section. 2. Assuming feeders are already soldered to EACH piece of 36" or 40" piece of flex track, wire/solder 2 sets of feeders for 2 track pieces on each side of the booster bus wire and test for power. Do this until you're reasonably far away from booster to notice LESS than a 1V drop. Anything ABOVE 1V is completely unacceptable. Using an RRAMPMETER is a very good way to check both volts and amps. Remember that amperage fluctuates with sound and engines running around but VOLTAGE MUST REMAIN THE SAME NO MATTER WHAT. if it's meant to be 14.5V it must read 14.5V or roughly alike all the way around that section of isolated track.

@mikeprival2651 3 жыл бұрын

Good Job, easy to follow. step by step illustration as your explaining. Keep this up, Thank you. I am just beginning my wiring on DCC. I sort of copied Ron Nash from Ron's trains n things with the main bus and sub bus, leaving room for circuit breakers in between isolated sections of track. My problem is im using all atlas track, with a combination of snap switches and custom line turnouts with a total of 12 turnouts on a 4x8 ish, layout. 2 full loops, 2 switching areas off main line, 4 spurs and another main line in center running off of layout for further expansion. LOL. all track is nailed and soldered. with plastic rail joiners dividing track in four sections. I have lots more wiring to do, trains dont like the gaps between plastic joiners, so Im thinking of pulling them out and using epoxy instead

@dcctrain 3 жыл бұрын

You are welcome. I'm not sure about epoxy.

@pim1234 5 ай бұрын

Just what I needed ! !! Thank you !!

@dcctrain 5 ай бұрын

You're so welcome!

@Perfusionist01 4 жыл бұрын

Good explanation. I need help with powering my switching area with multiple turnout with powered frogs. That is getting hard!

@dcctrain 4 жыл бұрын

Sure, I will do video.

@andersgullberg 4 жыл бұрын

In both 2 and 3 rail system you must feed the power to the tracks every second metres. I do this way. I drive 2 rail with the Märklin system CS3 and the power feed is at 19 VDC.

@space_coast_snapshots6457 Жыл бұрын

I’m new to dcc, does this mean with a dcc, I really don’t need rail clamps due to a drop to every piece of track

@dcctrain Жыл бұрын

Do you mean rail joiners?

@AbelG8781 4 жыл бұрын

*NEVER* loop only run your single strand of red/black wire with the booster the middle of wire run around your track but never loop the actual wires together!!

@Metal_Face_Doom 3 жыл бұрын

These videos have been super helpful! Small question, does it matter what side of the track the black and red wires go to? On the layout that I'm building, I have the black wire running to the inside rail and the red going to the outside.

@dcctrain 3 жыл бұрын

You are welcome. It doesn't matter the side. This will help if you adding feedback modules.