We finally got on the ball and installed circuit breakers on our DCC power districts, one for each of the three districts. We used NCE's EB1 circuit breaker, which may be set to trip at different current settings ranging from 2.5 to 8, in half-amp increments. We found that at 2.5 amps, we tripped it with four sound-equipped locos, so we upped it to 3.0 amps. Most important is that we don't exceed the amperage of our 5-amp power boosters. Like it says on NCE's web site "You must use some form of protection." (This is what your parents told you when you left for college. That talk comes earlier these days...)
We had a few short circuits during a recent operating session and while they caused no damage other than "deprogramming" a few decoders, we realized we were on borrowed time. Glad to have these installed to prevent future mishaps. They were very easy to install.
We had a few short circuits during a recent operating session and while they caused no damage other than "deprogramming" a few decoders, we realized we were on borrowed time. Glad to have these installed to prevent future mishaps. They were very easy to install.