Bill,
Do not use bare wire for your power bus. In the electrical world, bare wire
is associated with / considered GROUND.
Use suit case connectors for your connections. No stripping or peeling of
wires, nothing. Open the appropriate supply side, ( 14 ga ) slip over the wire
clamp shut. Open the remaining side for your feeder, slip the feeder wire in
and clamp it shut.
An earlier post mentioned color coding, the best idea ever, that and keeping
great records, schematics, of what you do. The best reason, you may not be
the one trying to trouble shoot a problem.
Have a great day.
Robert Sherwood
Cheyenne, Wy
At 08:12 AM 1/25/2011, you wrote:
>
>
>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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