DCC - Electrical
DCC to DC districts (running both DCC and DC)
Good Day Team,
A bit of my current layout.
20x50 garage (3 Car garage)
3 Level layout having 1.5% grades to reach each level.
5 DCC district (5 Yards)
10 DC Districts (used to operate long distance consists)
2 Main lines running between destinations (multiple sidings)
About 80% of my engines run on DC. (hence the large amount of DC districts) The last 20% are fully DCC with some sound.
When desiged my layout, I wanted following achieved.
NCE DCC Setting Up Cabs For Recalls Video
The attached video is demo of setting an NCE Pro Cab number of recalls and how to use the recall feature.
proto 2000 SD60 decoder install help?
I have a proto 2000 SD60M, I installed a digitrax board replacement and a sound bug FX decoder. the decoder works the sound works. I did not change the light bulbs out but i did add a 680 1/4 watt resistor in on the blue wire but the lights don't work what did i miss.
NCE DCC PROGRAMING ENG DECODER
This video will take you step by step on PROGRAMING an engine decoder on a NCE DCC program track using the NCE command station user friendly PROGRAMING program.
SWITCH MACHINE INSTULATION PART II
This video is the step by step part of mounting a tortoise switch machine.
Need advice on sound.
Ok guys, looking to buy my first sound decoder and I don't want to sink a ton of money into this for a "trial" run.
There seems to be quite a few sound decoders available for the $40-$60 range.
MRC and Digitrax comes to mind.
Both offer what I want.
My question is, have any of you installed one of these decoders and what are the pro's and con's of them.
(Decoder models Digitrax SDN164 and MRC 1716)
Wiring a 3 Way Wye in DCC
I would like to install a 3 way wye on my layout, but how to wire it has got me stumped. I am using a Walthers/Shinohara insulated frog wye 948-8808 and I plan to use a PSx-AR auto reversing module. I have read Joe Fugate's piece on wiring a wye in the July 2011 MRH on page 18. Joe's piece makes it clear how to wire a 2 branch wye, but I'm having difficulty figuring how to wire the 3 branch wye. As Joe has recommended, I will connect the leads from the reversing module to the stub end of the wye, and I assume that all three of the branches must be isol
Switch Machine Set Up for NCE-DCC Layout
Part I is about setting up and programing decoder to run switch machine on a NCE-DCC system. Use of terminal strip applies to all layouts DC- or DCC. Part II will deal with the physical part of the installation.
DIY DCC, Where and how should I post an article
I am making my own DCC decoders, see this: DCC interior lights, they are with onboard decoder.
Nothing fancy, just ordinary on/off, but after posting there was feedback asking me to do an article.
Now the question is, how should I do it, I am not sure that the nice people from MRH are interested in crossing the pond just to look at some decoders, although I would be honoured if they would.
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