Alex,
?? I thought your comment about cost comparison between YaMoRC? and Digitrax was interesting
A number of years ago our club converted to DCC and we choose Digikeijs at the time.? Mostly due to cost ? We decided we need 7 - 3 amp boosters plus a spare and 1 command station plus a spare.? We looked at Digitrax, NCE and ESU and compared apples to apple prices to buy a total of 20 amps of booster power and included 7 PSXX circuit breakers and 1 command stations plus 1 spare, booster, command station and circuit breker..? It was clear that Digikeijs was the winner. ?? ?
So I did some quick calculations to see what YaMoRC gear would cost compared to Digitrax, if we were to buy today for the club.? I used prices from Iron Planet Hobbies. Prices for Digitrax gear is cheaper now than what I used for my original pricing in 2019 and YaMoRC parts are more expensive than Digikeijs.???
Its $1,105 for Digitrax with 7 circuit breakers, 3 - 8amp boosters and 1 command station and $1,172 for YaMoRC for 1 command station and 7 - 3.5amp boosters..??
If you include the spares the club required for backup in case of a part failure, its 1,714 for Digitrax vs $1,579 for YaMoRC.???
So for a club sized layout I would say the cost is about even, but if you include the requirement for spares YaMoRC is marginally cheaper.
