DC. Electrics to DCC or vice versa?
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Flick of a switch from DCC to. DC ????
Hi All. It is like this I had this idea of buying Hornby Pugs and either running them on a separate line from a goods shed at the back of a DCC layout (no physical connection between the two systems). Or I could convert all the Pugs to DCC? The cost of converting all seven Hornby and two ex Dapol seemed too much to me.From what I can remember about DC wiring, there was just one " Hook Up Point" and the main was live when the train was running , but the sidings were dead until the points were thrown. Meaning that you could stable a Loco on the siding throw the points and forget about it. Where DCC is completely different . The third idea is to Flick a Switchand change the power supply, would this work? All the best. Kevin
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to be replaced with the other power supply & control system.
The minimum would be a 4PDT switch but if you just wanted to switch the control outputs, then a 2PDT would do
Ron
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All the best. Kevin
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Do not leave an analogue loco on a DCC layout even by isolating the track via a switch or the turnout in case the switch or turnout is accidentally turned on . Keep analogue locos away from DCC layouts…Hi Ron. Thank you for your reply. So does that mean that where all parts of the DCC layout are live all the times, that I couldn't isolate an Analogue loco on a DCC layout by changing the points as I could on a DC layout???All the best. Kevin
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Hi Ron. I have another unrelated question on "multi pin" (555) Sub D plugs and sockets, which had me quessing ?it would seem that pin 1 fits into 5 and pin 11 fits into 15 and so on? I wanted to build a "Mimic Panel" for manual points , not a problem?? But then I kept getting malfunctions , until I discovered that ( by laborious testing ) the pins on the male plug were the opposite way round to the apertures on the socket. But I couldn't find a straightforward answer when I googled it. Can you please advise me??
All the best. Kevin
Kevin, I cannot answer that as I do not have any "multi pin" (555) Sub D plugs and sockets.
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DC/DCC switching? I've seen a DC locomotive quietly humming and melting the armature on a mixed layout because of a "forgotten" switch. This was a clinic on the dangers of mixing the 2 systems. Most folks I know keep the 2 separate (HO plus HOn9 for example). I've also seen it done with a preservation line off the main layout.
Go DC on a DCC layout? Go 100% is the safest. IMO more trouble than it's worth though. Safer to put decoders in everything.
Nigel
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You've got the "shiny" bug. I made a rule a long time ago not to buy a new locomotive (not necessarily new manufacture) until the last one had a decoder installed and was running. That way you don't end up looking at half a dozen DCC conversions and thinking about the cost of the decoders and maybe DC operation….a slippery slope.
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