Bob: If you're just running a few feeder wire drops it probably makes sense to retain the insulation on the bus wires. But if you have a lot of drops, it's faster in the long run to have bare bus wires.
In the 5 years I've been running my layout with bare copper bus I've never had any of the problems you describe. Among the reasons: I keep the bus wires widely separated (at least 4 inches), I use insulated wire for the feeders, and everything is routed neatly, tucked up high under the layout and anchored so it doesn't droop and snag. The only shorts I've ever experienced came from the big, bare wires on top that are spiked to the ties. Jim ________________________________ From: Bob Werre <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Tue, January 25, 2011 10:12:40 AM Subject: Re: {S-Scale List} Re: Something new (to me) about DCC 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. [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/
