Bill,
I've heard about snubbers also, but have never seen the need for them
and I've been up and operating for about 8 years--- maybe! I also see
no need to have a continuous loop of wire for DC either, but I see no
reason not to have it either. I also see no reason to use bare wire
unless you like strange shorts. It won't be long and you'll have lots
of wires with some of them crossing in the wrong place. All you need is
to be crawling around moving the endless boxes of stuff stored under
there which results in two wires crossing each other. I think that I've
related crossing some wires in my control panel and actually welding
several wires together causing multiple shorts. I personally use 12
gauge wire on my layout because that's what was recommended for straight
DC, also for Dynatrol and DCC (with some guys using #10). We use #16 on
our modules because that's what was decided many years ago (S Mod
practices??). I can't blame any of our wiring issues on the size of the
wires and we are about 100 foot in length. The way I have it wired at
the moment one of our loops is a complete loop while the other
isn't--how special is that!
Bob Werre
BobWphoto.com
>
>
>
> Jim,
>
> I am using bare wires for the power buss because you can easily tie
> into it
> **anywhere** with the feeder drops. I am soldering the drops to the buss
> wires. Finding 14 ga bare wire is not easy now but I have found enough for
> me to get the job done. All I have to do is buy it!
>
> I hear what you are saying about the continuous power buss. I was just
> passing along what NCE told me directly about wiring practices for DCC. It
> is not your Grandpop's DC anymore & several generations away from DPS
> (Direct Pull String). The power buss should <<not be a continuous loop.>>
> That did surprise me. I am glad you have not had any problems. But you are
> probably not using a layout that is of the size where the gremlins
> start to
> happen because of long (50 feet+) power buss lengths. At my best
> figuring I
> am going to be right at a 100 feet circumference with 24' long
> straights and
> mid 50" radius turns. I will be just within limits as well.
>
> Thank You,
> Bill Lane
>
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