I plan on having a door size layout (i have a thread in the layout design forum) and because I've made some extra money luggin Christmas trees the last couple of weeks have decided that DCC would be my gift to me. I'm using EZ track and they have power routing switches and was wondering how this would affect my layout and wiring. I'm leaning towards the NCE powercab system. Thanks
I don't know about EZ track switches but I'm using Kato power routing switches with DCC with no problem. There reportedly may be problems with older wide wheeled steam locos but I don't have any of those. At least none with decoders. Ben
It is my understanding that I'll have to use feeders after every switch? Which isnt a problem since when I was plannin DC I decided to spend a bit of extra cash and buy the EZ track under track terminal straight peices for the "blocks" and will be able to attach feeders to those.
I don't. My former DC wiring is still in place with only a few extra feeders in places that were needed while I was running DC. I do plan (one of these days) to rewire the whole layout but so far so good. Wiring is one of my least favorite chores. A gurney and glasses with bifocal lenses at the top would be a great help for working under the layout. Ben
if you have not already bough that e-z track stuff. Kato unitrack is 1000x better for many many many reasons. please buy unitrack. you will be much happier when your trains keep running and not derailing, the larger choices of track, curve radius, etc. You can buy unitrack here: www.toytrainheaven.com - the lowest prices on unitrack and they have free shipping on orders over $150 right now as well. You may or may not need to add extra feeders, but the more feeders, the less chance of trouble. also depends on layout size, design, etc. if you like, you can take the approach to use as few feeders as possible and add them in places you are having trouble (power/signal loss) or you can run them on each side of all switches and at least every 3 feet as a good start. I hear some even run feeders to each piece of track.
