While making one last check of the track before putting power to it I see where i failed to put in an insulating pin so now I have a 12' run with 2 hots soldered to it. Will that cause a problem with the DCS signal?
Thanks
Joe
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A definite maybe or maybe not. Won't hurt to try. If you have problems, the easiest way is just cut the pin or the track.
Joe,
Yes it will. Take out the drop or cut the pin.
Dave
Thanks Dave..thought I read something about it in Barry's book but I loaned it to someone..I'll cut the pin
Sometimes tooo many short blocks don't give a great dcs signal... If the block is only 12 feet I might just remove one set off feeders. Trouble is.... There's no way of knowing for sure until you try it.
I thought the number of joints in each block was more important then length ?
Clem
Gregg posted:Sometimes tooo many short blocks don't give a great dcs signal... If the block is only 12 feet I might just remove one set off feeders. Trouble is.... There's no way of knowing for sure until you try it.
The adjacent track is 80' long with 8 blocks and I don't know how many joints but I get 10's all around.
dobermann posted:Gregg posted:Sometimes tooo many short blocks don't give a great dcs signal... If the block is only 12 feet I might just remove one set off feeders. Trouble is.... There's no way of knowing for sure until you try it.
The adjacent track is 80' long with 8 blocks and I don't know how many joints but I get 10's all around.
That's great.... .
