I have recently nearly completed my HO layout with DCC and Atlas track and am now planning to start an N layout. I would really like to try Kato Unitrack, but have heard conflicting stories about DCC and Unitrack turnouts. The turnouts I have read about have switches built in to control whether it routes power or not and am frankly confused. I was going to use Atlas track, but am very unhappy with the electrical switch machines and Bachmann is too limited. If anyone can help with this I sure would appreciate it. I am sold on Kato quality in its engines and cars and am told that their track is great too. Just nobody I know uses it with DCC and DC is a dinosaur as far as I’m concerned.
Ray
Ray,
I used Kato Unitrack for testing proir to building my N scale layout. I didn’t use it with my DigiTrax unit, but we have to draw a conclusion here. If the turnouts don’t short with DC, they won’t short with DCC.
The only difference between the two is the voltage in the track, DC or square wave AC.
DC uses + and - voltages, DCC uses A and B reference for the track votage. it really shouldn’t cause any problems.