Re: Seeking reversing section input
Nick, OK, I see now how you can go thru the same piece(s) of track in two directions - but always running forward.? Those pieces are from A to B.? If you are on 'the loop' (the track that is C,D,E,F
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Jim Betz
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Re: question on a BD20
Bob, It sounds like you have a bunch of things going on. There are a number of things I recommend that very few people want to do. 1. Double gap everything. Electrically it USUALLY isn¡¯t necessary;
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Allan AE2V
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#13085
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Re: question on a BD20
Thanks for the reply, Allan. The reversing section and A ¨C G have separate busses going to different circuit breakers, a psx-ar and a psx. As far as I can tell, there is no electrical connection
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Bob Macionis
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Re: Seeking reversing section input
Thank you, Tim. I'm trying to understand your recommendation. I do have two existing PSX-ARs I can re-use. Are you suggesting eliminating the two turnouts altogether, or simply ending the reversing
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Nick Ostrosky
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Re: Seeking reversing section input
Back from my travels.? The original file, New RR Design.pdf ( /g/w4dccqa/files/ReverseLoops/New%20RR%20Design.pdf ) , has been labeled with arrows added to make it clear where I see
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Nick Ostrosky
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Re: question on a BD20
Hi Bob, Is your BD-20 before the PSX-AR?? If so, that is your problem.? The PSX-AR draws a little bit of power all the time and will cause the BD-20 to show the block as being occupied. If you are
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Allan AE2V
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#13081
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Re: Do any track power boosters have a phase control input?
Don This goes back to my question midsummer, "does anyone know of a solid state DPDT reverser that can be controlled externally?", because I have a large section(but not large enough to be served by a
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Blair
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Re: Do any track power boosters have a phase control input?
Jerry, I agree lighting isn't that important, although I'd like to have it. Two other concerns: * My old Athearn passenger cars all came with wheelsets having one metal wheel and axle, and one plastic
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Don Weigt
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Re: Cross over issue solved
Good feedback van Henry DonV
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Don Vollrath
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question on a BD20
I have an issue with a BD20 that is baffling me.? See file "macionis BD20 question".? I have a block running from point A to? point B that is being detected by a BD20 at B.? Originally all track
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Bob Macionis
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#13077
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Re: Spacing between NCE BD20 detectors
The thread dealing with ¡°Spacing between NCE BD20 detectors¡± has now exceeded 20 messages with very little in the line of a positive solution to the initial post from Bill Wilken on Sunday morning
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Al Silverstein
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#13076
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File /macionis BD20 question.pdf uploaded
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The following files have been uploaded to the Files area of the [email protected] group. * /macionis BD20 question.pdf ( /g/w4dccqa/files/macionis BD20 question.pdf ) *By:* Bob
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File /maconis BD20 question_000011.pdf uploaded
#file-notice
The following files have been uploaded to the Files area of the [email protected] group. * /maconis BD20 question_000011.pdf ( /g/w4dccqa/files/maconis BD20 question_000011.pdf )
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Cross over issue solved
Al this may or not be new, but you may want to include it in the wiring peco Unifrog turnout section. ?The peco Unifrog has a wire to power the frog. ?The wire is not insulated and it is located
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htn1680
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#13073
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Re: Spacing between NCE BD20 detectors
Thomas, I¡¯m new to all of this. The terminology I¡¯m familiar with for powering track is main bus and feeds. Will the BD20 work properly with a feed where there are multiple feeds off of a main
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Martin Piech
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Re: Spacing between NCE BD20 detectors
Before starting my project, I set up a small test bed to make certain that I understood how to wire BD20s together with Atlas universal signal boards.? The first thing it taught me was the importance
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Bill Wilken
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Re: Spacing between NCE BD20 detectors
Notice what Alan said, ALL power for the track in the block must go through the BD20. I have three BD20 on the same module, about 3" apart on separate mainlines. Two work like a charm, one is always
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thomasmclae
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#13070
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Re: Do any track power boosters have a phase control input?
Thanks, Blair. That seems like a solution. I'll have to reread the EasyDCC booster instructions. I think it says not to swap the two DCC signal pins to the booster. I don't know why that would be, if
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Don Weigt
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Re: Do any track power boosters have a phase control input?
Lighted rolling stock, passenger cars and other cars that need track power are a scourge to smooth operations. I am a curmudgeon, but when I weigh the need for lighted equipment on a layout that
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Jerry Michels
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Re: Spacing between NCE BD20 detectors
Buy a creeper!
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General
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