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Sorry. Here's a history. In 2018, when I reached 80, decided that to complete a bucket list item would mean building a MR. Not much room in a mobile home. No basement, no attic. Rooms too full. So I

Morgan, It's great that you have a good running RR.? You did not tell us what size the layout is. For most layouts your wiring is a touch on the small size - but if it is working that's all that

Here's what I did: When ready to wire my layout/in 2018. I didn't have AWG 12,14,16 available. But I did have a nice cable with 8 individual wires in. I stripped the plastic, separating those 8/all

My point in the discussion was to show how insignificant an additional drop in voltage occurs because of the use of small gauge wires? for short drops.? Of course there are many parallel current

Myron, I just discovered that I do not have a good picture of the details of the setup.? Here is a picture of what the "finished product" looks

Jim, you wouldn't happen to have a picture of the PVC, slide switch combination would you? This seems like one of the best scenarios I have heard of in a long time. [email protected]> wrote:

Here is my overall take on "how to set up your turnouts". I "go to Ops" ... a lot.? That means that I've seen just about every method of wiring and/or controlling a turnout that there is.? Without

Steve, What you recall is simplified so far that it's wrong. Currents always divide when there are multiple parallel paths. More current flows in the lower resistance paths than in the higher

Hi Steve, Unfortunately, that person was not as wise as he thought he was. Electricity does not care at all about the length of paths. Electricity cares about resistance (and inductance and

Puckdropper comments: "That's just one wire, for the length of the wire." Correct. "What happens if we consider multiple wires, spaced about 3' apart like one wire to each piece of flex

Since I admit to being frugal. I simply made sure feeders were where they were needed. Some might be 6' apart, and others only 3" or 6" or whatever. And I did measure voltage drop from various points

That's just one wire, for the length of the wire. What happens if we consider multiple wires, spaced about 3' apart like one wire to each piece of flex track? Without looking at the math, I be the

Thanks DonW: I agree with 99% of what you say. No problem. But, as we both know. Experience comes with time. I am 85 yrs old and don't expect to need operation for very many more years. So it's highly

PennsyNut, Yes, more info about alternate methods is always welcome. I'm glad what you are doing works for you. My railroad is deeper than yours. Many turnouts aren't handy from the edge of the

Agree. Robert Hughes

For those interested, you can look up the Ohms per 1,000 feet for each gauge of wire ( https://www.engineeringtoolbox.com/copper-wire-d_1429.html ) and easily calculate the voltage drop for any gauge

Thanks.

In my experience, no, you do not need different gauge wiring. 22 gauge and up will work fine. Stick with one and get working! Jerry Michels

3CURLY3 responds: “I went to the experiment link but did not find info about length. Need to know if different wire guages are needed due to various different lengths: Here are feeder lengths

DonW: Yes, all my locos are BLI steam with 8 or more drivers. (And from time to time, run diesels just for fun.) I am not trying to tell everyone else how to do this. I'm only telling how it works for