I am in the process of hooking up my first loop to my DCS and had a question or 2. I am using #14 stranded wire. I purchased a roll of black and red, because the paired wire was $50 more. Each run of wire from the terminal block to the track is exactly the same length. Right now I am powering the center rail and one outside rail. My questions are:
1. Is everyone adding a common connection 1 outside rail or 2?
2. Not using paired wire should not effect me negatively in any way correct?
3. I am currently losing power when an engine crosses a 90 degree crossover. For those that have had issues with Atlas track, is it best to just power both sides of switches and crossovers? Right now for my loop I am only using 4 of 12 available spots on my terminal block. Is it better just to double that and power the loop using 8?
Thanks for your help!