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Re: Circuit Breakers


 

Karst,

Ok, that makes more sense, probably why there are warnings that they are not for use by people under the age of 14. What is the incentive to sell as a "toy-ware" versus electronics for adults?

This is the layout with?85A of boosters:
It has an 800' double track mainline, and radio dispatching with signals controlled via JMRI.

This layout has 280A of boosters:


It can run up to 35 trains at once using TrainController, many with 3-5 units equipped with Soundtraxx and NCE decoders, as well as lighted coaches. It's located in an old grocery store. It uses NCE DCC for track control with two Lenz command stations?providing feedback via Lenz feedback modules connected to Chubb DCCODs. IIRC, it has 10AWG?bus wire and 300+ detected blocks. It is the only layout that I've ever seen that actually needs multiple 20A mains circuits (120V power in the US gives you a maximum of 2400W per 20A circuit or 1800W per 15A circuit) to handle the power consumed by the trains themselves. I've seen a lot of layouts that are comically over-boosted, but that one really isn't.

My photos of the layout. I only had time for a brief visit for a few hours, I could have stayed there all day:

Alex

On Thu, Mar 23, 2023 at 5:06?PM karst.drenth <karst.drenth@...> wrote:

Alexander,

Simple, they do not / are not allowed to sell it as toy-ware.

"... 280A of NCE PB110 boosters at 16V..."? simply insane :O ( IMHO )

What kind of layout needs this ??

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Grtzz,

Karst



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