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Thanks for the clarification, Brian. Ken

Don, please don't take offense as I'm really not trying to be flip here or play on semantics, but if the wording had indeed said one per bus, I wouldn't have asked the question I did. But the wording

Oops. My option 3 requires 2 A-R units and 1 relay. DonV

Hello Blair. I see 3 Options: 1. Use a standard A-R unit at loop L as you propose. Use Loy's Toys ARSC at section Y. This unit requires extra rail gaps but can handle trains that are longer than the

Hi folks I've posted a sketch for a tricky bit of trackwork I have (it's in the files section, called Reversing Sketch.pdf). Here's the accompanying text, and questions. Electrically, A, A', and A"

If someone tells you to put a nozzle at the end of your garden hose, how many nozzles would you need? :-) Technically the words should read "Connect an R/C terminator to each DCC bus run at the end

Ken, I can address some of the terminology questions. Some caps are polarized, they have a plus side and a minus side, these are usually marked in VDC (electrolytic and tantalums come to mind). Other

A accessory decoder usally runs things like signal lights, switches and such.

What should be a no brainer for me, this is frustrating. Maybe I'm really just getting too old for this! The really helpful Wiring For DCC site says: Solution for unterminated bus ends: "The name of

Hi The accessory decoder will give an output voltage to power a peco, or similar, points (turnouts) or signal motor. In other words it controls the points and signals according to the commands it

Aaron, There are generaly two classes of decoder, Fixed and mobile; of mobile decoders there are motor control and function decoders. Motor control decoders connect to the locomotive's motor and make

The capacitor is to smooth the rectified (by the bridge rectifier) DCC signal so the realy doesn't make a high pitched buzzing sound. Dale. wrote: how being buzzer

Thanks for your reply John. Could you explain in greater details what does points and signal means. So is the accessory decoder AND the loco decoder fixed onto the loco? Or is it either one of them?

My question concerns the following page: http://www.wiringfordcc.com/track.htm Under the blue title section "Testing," the diagram of a "Club Buzzer", why is the capacitor needed in the circuit. I can

HI A loco decoder is a small thumbnail size PCB that fits inside and controls your locomotive. An accessory decoder controls items such as points and signals....hope that helps............john

What is the difference between a loco decoder and an accessory decoder? Is an accessory decoder fixed onto the loco? Aaron

Thanks Don. By CDU I meant a capacitor discharge unit which would supply a pulse of current to a Peco twin coil switch machine. I'm new to electronics , so I am unsure how to proceed with your

I'm not familiar with what you are calling a 'CDU' or a Peco point motor. But contacts from the relay shown can be connected to any other apparatus that can be operated by electrical connection to

The circuit by Don Vollrath looks easy to use and ideal for continuous running. How would you modify the circuit to use a CDU to control a Peco point motor?

Is there a standard voltage, current and frequency from the control station? Yes...thats what DCC standards are all about. See http://www.nmra.org/standards/consist.html#standards-DCC. DonV