Good Day!
I think I’m finally set with what I need in Walthers code 83 Dcc ready turnouts but it sems that I am going to have to make a 90º crossing Dcc ready. Anyone have the skinny on how to do it?
Hi, Maybe I can help you a little. I’m sec. of the MVRRC club in Ft.wayne,In. we have built a new layout recently. It was not wired for DCC. we tore it apart and rewired it and changed its appearance. We now have a 90 degree crossing on the main . The thing that you need to do is to make sure your crossing is well insulated and spaced apart enough as not to create a short, but also to keep power to your engines going thru the crossing. If you have any more questions, I know a gentleman that maybe able to help you.
G.W.J.[;)]
If you’re talking about a 90 degree diamond for tracks to cross each other, any Peco or Atlas crossover is as DCC ready as they make 'em. No special wiring is required for either one.
If I may also tell you. We hand laid our crossing. Whether or not you would like to do this , is your choice. Our 90 is at the end of our layoyt in the middle of a sweeping curve with a siding line going thrui it to a soon to be built yard.
Thanks for the quick responces. The one I asked at the LHS said none were DCC ready. I’ll check out the Atlas 83 and see.
You might try this site.
http://www.wiringfordcc.com/site_map.htm
Just about any question having to do with DCC is answered here. The only drawback is that the site is HUGE and there is no search engine, so it might take you a few minutes to find what you’re after. [8D]
A crossing, 90° or otherwise, is going to be exactly the same for DC or DCC. Continuity is kept across the legs of the crossing and there is no place for a short to occur due to any movement in the crossing ('cuz there isn’t any) or anything else. Its kinda like the headphone jacks on computers. The headphone or speaker system is exactly the same for PC and Mac… (although some manufacturers make a big deal out of "for both Macs and PCs).
Well, an all-rail crossing, or one with metal frogs, may very well have shorts and require gaps. This applies to DC and DCC equally. The Atlas ones have plastic frogs and should pose no problem for DC or DCC.
–Randy
I guess those are the only ones I have seen (Atlas or others with plastic or insulated frogs). All the cross overs I have pose no problem with either DC or DCC.