Does signal strength rely on track voltage. In other words can you get a ten all the way around the loop with uneven voltage. Hope I said this right. Thanks Paul
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How large a layout are you talking about and do you have any switches? Sometime switches can degrade the signal some.
Do you run a star set-up or bus wiring, and how often do you provide power to the tracks?
Lee Fritz
Lee, the mainline I tested is 12' X 27'. It has four drops four off a terminal block. The track I tested had four switches in it and all the way around I had Tens. What I was wondering is if the track power dropped in one spot would I still get a Ten reading...................Thanks Paul
No because the DCS signal is "riding" the voltage...Put it another way the voltage is not the signal. But now there is/ can be numerous "obstacles" that can bump the DCS signal off the voltage like high resistance in wiring & track connections.
CASSEY JONES2, so what I am understanding is voltage could be low in spots but you could still get a Ten signal in that spot......Paul
paul 2 posted:...can you get a ten all the way around the loop with uneven voltage.
Yes you can. Not to be a wise-guy but AC voltage itself is quite the uneven voltage collapsing to 0 Volts 120 times per second!
As an aside, it has been shown you generally get better DCS signal strength (more tens) with DC voltage on the track which is obviously much more even.
STAN2004, thanks it is a bit clearer to me. So with tens all the way around the one loop all proto 2s will run good.....Paul
