Dcc users poll
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A poll to get a rough indication of % dcc users or not
This is just a poll to give a rough indication of what % of railway modellers are actually using dcc rather than dcPlease feel free to leave comment after you vote
cheers Brian
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We converted around three years ago, the biggest problem with DCC, is the cost, at the time for the system of your choice, and afterwards, ie decoders and then moving onto sound decoders, but that's also the biggest benefit.
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a) It looked simpler to understand (and I still think that) and
b) I liked the control over the loco's/trains it seemed to offer.
Les
Devon Junction
Kernow Junction
Kernow Junction
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Still haven't finished the layout and wonder if I ever will !!!!!!!!!
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Max
Port Elderley
Port Elderley
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You get a slap on the wrist from Wendy for spending to much money on your model railway
cheers Brian
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Max
Port Elderley
Port Elderley
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Am I imagining things, or is DCC so much smoother when controlling locos at slow speed :question:question
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Mike
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Your Mother and I despair of you sometimes, Jeffrey. Don't you remember reading my post about pulsed waveform? How the voltage remains the same and it's the frequency of the pulses which is increased and decreased? Sheesh :exclamDCC now after swearing for years that I'd never give up my Hammant & Morgan Duette :exclam:exclam
Am I imagining things, or is DCC so much smoother when controlling locos at slow speed :question:question
Max
Port Elderley
Port Elderley
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DCC now after swearing for years that I'd never give up my Hammant & Morgan Duette :exclam:exclam
Am I imagining things, or is DCC so much smoother when controlling locos at slow speed :question:question
And I was like Jeff but not using H&M but good home made DC controllers.
Smoother control of locos via DCC is one reason I converted, the other was the ease of other operators setting up routes & connecting controllers onto a 4 track main line crossover.
If I has stayed with the previous layout, then I would have stayed DC. in fact the previous layout could not have ben converted without the wholesale dismantling of one large station 12 x 3 ft including baseboards which sat over the top of dead end storage sidings. But that is another story.
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:doublethumb;-);-):cool:
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Brian(G)
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I have two Lenz systems and an ECOS, can I have 3 votes.
Re cost, for anyone starting out and desire to control 3 or more trains properly, DCC is no more expensive than DC. In some cases, cheaper.
A big statement I know but it can be proved.
Ian
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Any DCC is better than no DCC
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I started in 2003 with a Roco (Lenz) system then upgraded in 2006 to ESU's ECoS and would never go back to any other method of control.
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Re cost, for anyone starting out and desire to control 3 or more trains properly, DCC is no more expensive than DC. In some cases, cheaper.
A big statement I know but it can be proved.
Ian
True, if one has to purchase commercial DC power supplies, controllers & switches. I was fortunate that in my DC days, I could build a full DC controller, including power supply for around $30-35 ( 15-18 quid)
For a basic DCC system costing around $300 that can control 2 trains easy is not much different in cost to a DC system. Locos - well for Aust outline costing over $240, adding $30 for a decoder is not much extra.
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The price does worry me considerably. An ordinary decoder at around £10 to £15 isn't bad but I'd like to get into sound and am mightily impressed by Loksound - why do the best always have to be so expensive ?
I have no interest whatsoever in using DCC for point control etc. - just driving locomotives. :roll::roll::roll: Was it "New Labour" under Tony Blair who said "We have absolutely no interest in raising Income Tax……………………………….:roll::roll:
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