Bob,
Talking about the "power bus" wires which in DCC are also the digital
control bus. The wires within your Cat-5 cables running between the
controller(s) and the base station, the base station and the boosters,
etc. (in most cases) are already twisted.
Essentially you have two networks as part of any DCC set-up. An
internal network between the base station and the components of the
DCC system usually connected by Cat-5 cable (this tends to be a
proprietary network specific to individual manufacturers and is why
you can't use use an NCE cab on a DigiTrax system /network) and an
external network between the DCC system and individual decoders in
which the power bus and the track serve as the carriers (usually
following the DCC standards.)
My understanding is we're not talking about really tight twisting of
the power/control bus wires. Something like 2-3 twists per foot for
runs over 20-25 feet. Your milage may vary depending on the amount of
RF in your local area. You can also tell your buddies you've lower
your inductance (woo hoo!) at the same time.
Chris Borgmeyer
>Chris, that's interesting, but are you talking about the actual wires
>that power the trains or are we talking the control wires (Digitrax
>calls theirs Loconet) to the throttles and remote plugs?
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