Re: Dual frog juicer and esu command station
Thanks William. The PSX-AR is what I used that ultimately worked so I've installed it. More than twice the $ though. I still need an auto-reverser for a reverse loop so hoping to get the frog juicer
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David Scott <drscott@...>
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#14568
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Re: Dual frog juicer and esu command station
David, this is what I use when I need a reverser and circuit breaker. I wire it directly to the command center (or booster) and thus by-pass the other PSXs in line:
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William Waithe
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#14567
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Dual frog juicer and esu command station
Hi I've spent hours and hours exploring the variables on this and finally figured it out (at 4 am this morning). I'm using a tam valley dual frog juicer to switch polarity on a Peco crossing. Worked
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David Scott <drscott@...>
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#14566
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Wiring for DCC website Update - Setting Electronic Circuit Breakers
All, I added another section to my Wiring for DCC website on the topic of setting current and time delay trip points for boosters and electronic circuit breakers. It is located at:
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Allan AE2V
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#14565
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Scam Emails NOT from the Wiring for DCC Q & A; especially me
All, Recently, one of our moderators received an email that claimed to be from me directly.? I and my friends occasionally get similar emails. Whether it be me, this forum, or any of your friends,
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Allan AE2V
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Re: File section access
Allen Thanks for your reply. I played around and accessed the groups' web page, amazing source of information and I've bookmarked the site. I've read in prior posts that you have a book coming out - I
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Jon Holmes
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Re: File section access
Jon, Just go to the group's website, which you obviously have already found, and scroll down the left side.? You will see a link for files and another for photos.? Some of the photos and files are
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Allan AE2V
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#14562
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File section access
Hello everyone First time poster, I've been lurking/learning about DCC as I don't have a layout - as yet. I keep hearing in this group and others about files being saved in "the file section", how can
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Jon Holmes
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#14561
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Re: Steamer stalls on exiting one PSXXAR boundary out of 4 in a figure eight configuration
There are 2 things I would recommend you check, Jeremy.? First, make sure the PSX that is between the PSX-AR devices has had it's timing adjusted as recommended in the PSX-AR manual, so it waits and
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Swanny
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#14560
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Re: Daisy chaining a PSXX-AR to PSX-AR already chained to PSX?
Dennis, Boosters provide power.? Breakers are used to divide up your layout into smaller pieces of "operationally separated districts" - in order to limit the number of times that someone causing a
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Jim Betz
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#14559
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Steamer stalls on exiting one PSXXAR boundary out of 4 in a figure eight configuration
I assume this may be because of the "asymmetrical" nature of steamers with one set of pickups in the loco and the second in the tender. ? The 2rail O Scale Weaver 0-6-0 only fails at one boundary
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Jeremy Wyant
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#14558
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Re: Basic DCC Wiring Diagram?
Mark¡¯s information is always helpful. But the diagram does not show up in the ¡°digest¡± version of messages. ?It is not attached to your message at the w4dccqa.io site either. ?Mark¡¯s web
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Robert Morrison
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Re: Daisy chaining a PSXX-AR to PSX-AR already chained to PSX?
Juergen, Your wire gauge seems to be fine for both your buses and feeders.? The length of run of a section of wire (bus or feeder) can, but usually doesn't, cause problems. It is always "best
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Jim Betz
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#14556
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Re: Daisy chaining a PSXX-AR to PSX-AR already chained to PSX?
Hello all, ? I'm just getting back into model railroading and a question. I read up on DCC and I thought you did not need separate power districts, like you did with DC. Or is this nothing more than
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Dennis Caffi
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#14555
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Re: Daisy chaining a PSXX-AR to PSX-AR already chained to PSX?
That is what I was thinking thanks . 14awg main bus 22awg track feeders. I am thinking of getting rid of the pm74s & reconect my main bus wire back to 1 solid wire. The only reason we started to make
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Juergen Amlinger
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#14554
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Re: Daisy chaining a PSXX-AR to PSX-AR already chained to PSX?
Juergen, I know you are not going to like this response ... I stopped using any Digitrax "power management devices" such as the PM42s and PM74s a long time ago.? I just don't like how they seem to
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Jim Betz
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#14553
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Re: Basic DCC Wiring Diagram?
John Moonan/all, Yes.? Your diagram is exactly what I was looking for - thank you for posting this.? Now if we can just get people who are wiring their layouts - or having trouble - to see it and
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Jim Betz
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#14552
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Re: Daisy chaining a PSXX-AR to PSX-AR already chained to PSX?
Hi again. Just to let you know I did what you suggested. And we found a lot more strangthings. Like power to sum rails but not other rail in the same ds. When it was all working befor we brok up the
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Juergen Amlinger
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#14551
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Re: Basic DCC Wiring Diagram?
I have posted a wiring Diagram by Mark Gurries that he had on his web site a long time ago. It shows wiring for main bus and how to wire sub bus'. See attachment if allowed. Wil
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Wil Davis
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#14550
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Re: Basic DCC Wiring Diagram?
Several years ago I drew up a basic DCC block diagram for upgrading a layout for DCC.? Shows relationship between the Command Station, Boosters, Circuit Breakers, etc.? I've up loaded it to a folder
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jfm2830
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#14549
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