DCC-friendly: http://www.wiringfordcc.com/switches.htm
As far as building switches-- I'd rather leave all that blacksmith work for the O scalers. Charles Weston --- On Mon, 8/2/10, Paul Vaughn <[email protected]> wrote: From: Paul Vaughn <[email protected]> Subject: {S-Scale List} Re: DCC-Friendly To: [email protected] Date: Monday, August 2, 2010, 7:26 PM There is no such thing as "DCC friendly"!!!!!! It is a ploy from HO & On30 manufactures to sell new products. A switch has two running rails, two closure rails, two points(non stub), two guard rails and a frog. In DC or DCC the frog needs to be isolated from the rest of the rails electrically, because it needs to change polarity. The reason as far as I can tell was to hide the fact that their products were not made correctly in the first place. So their new products came closer to being correct, thus generating the buzz word 'DCC friendly' to sell the new products. Electrically there are no differences in the requirments! Paul On Mon, 8/2/10, shabbona_rr <[email protected]> wrote: What are you talking about, "DCC-friendly"? "S"tring Bob ... but we don't have a DCC-friendly track system comparable to Atlas HO, which is bound to be a big stumbling block for those wanting to move up to S. Charles Weston I think most experienced S modelers know how to build a switch from scratch <snip> ....dave Hi ....dave, Of the 950+ members on this List, I wonder how many scratchbuild their own turnouts? Cheers...Ed L. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
