I'm wiring basement layout 2.0 for DCS using the star wiring scheme using O27 tubular track. Prior layouts used the shared common with transformers phased and daisy-chained together for everything including independently powered switches (K-line O42s) and tracksides like the gateman and semaphores.
As long as I phase the transformers to those running through the TIU, can I simply do something similar with this layout?
I'm not planning to operate switches via DCS or TMCC, just good ol' fashioned toggles.
I figure I'd run a pair of wires from one transformer and a single hot from another transformer around the U-shaped layout, then daisy chain connect their two commons. Then I'd connect to each switch's power terminals to one transformer's hot and shared common and the gateman and semaphores to other transformer's hot and the shared common.
In other words, these would be completely independent from the TIU. Any issues with this plan?
I don't want to use track power (running through the TIU) to power the switches.
Thanks!