[pedromorgan]

i think that is fairly typical.

Gary i dont think the select is as rosy as you put it earlier in the thread.
I am not a DCC expert but i work with digital signals all day long and i have huge question marks about the select. i really dont want this thread to go the way the other one did but i really think its about time we had some information from hornby regarding the issues.

Peter

 

[pedromorgan]

Gary i dont have question marks about DCC. i have question marks about the select.

without going down the libelous route again i am not sure that i would want to put one of my (admitedly i only have 7 out of a total of over 100) decoder fitted loco's on a track that was controlled by a select.

Peter

 

[pedromorgan]

not really. i have fitted 3 of the decoders because i wanted to run them on someone elses layout but the rest came pre installed. but i could have installed them if i wanted to.

my current interest in DCC comes from a plan i have in my mind for a tram layout. it would have a common feed going to all the rails and the other wire would go to the overheads, thus getting rid of the problem of track sections and maintainance on track that is going to be embedded in plaster.

as i am very unlikly to have more than 10 trams i think the select or the bachmann version (the name escapes me) should be ideal. but i do have concerns about the health of decoders when they are connected to the select output. but as i said although i could be called a signal expert i am far from a DCC expert.

these concerns have been fairly well publicised both on this forum and others and are not solely mine. i am supprised hornby have not responded.

Peter

 

[pedromorgan]

sounds like great customer service to me!

Peter

 

[pedromorgan]

yes the last one. sort of like 3 rail but with all the actual rails connected together-and there would only be 2 of them!

because it would only be a very small layout i think this would be an ideal solution.

Peter

 

[pedromorgan]

i cant see why there would be any problem. i am going to connect evry rail to one wire and alll the overhead to the other instead of using the 2 rails independently.

Peter