It's been a long time since I built a layout and things have changed a lot! At this point I've got the framing phase completed and I'm moving on to planning the wiring. From my past layout I've got a CAB1 for control and a ZW-L for power which is a bit of overkill for this new project as the layout is very simple. It's a ceiling layout, running Legacy and TMCC engines, maybe MTH in the future. No switches, blocks, crossovers, or accessories just 2 loops of track 16' X 14' around the ceiling of my office. My previous layout was much bigger and I had setup the ZW-L in 4CH mode so 18V appears separately on all 4 outputs. Power to the loops was controlled individually using the TR button on the CAB1 or the drawbars on the ZW-L. I was going to use that same configuration on the new project, but got to thinking, on this smaller layout just running trains around a loop of track, do I really need individual control of power to both loops? Couldn't I setup the ZW-L in 1CH mode and run power to both loops from one output of the ZW-L and then control each engine on either track individually using the CAB1 or Bluetooth? Am I loosing anything by doing it that way?
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