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I'm after a bit of advice regarding power and control for a new layout we are building. In basic terms the layout is a large oval with a 14 road fiddle yard, 7 allocated to each of the up and down mainlines on the front, there will also be a bit of a yard and stuff on the front but i believe the details can be ignored for the purpose of this question. DCC will be used but initially points and accessories will use traditional non DCC control and seperate power.
The main controller for the layout will be an ecos but we also have available a digitrax superchief and zephyr and a couple of dynamis sets.
With regard to control the current plan is to use the superchief through the ecos sniffer to allow use of the associated hand throttles and when the dynamis pro module becomes available hook it up with ecos link to give further hand throttles.
With regard to power the plan is to have three power districts of approximately 4A each, the front being one and the two 7 road fiddle yards also being one each. This should be enough to cover the loco power requirements we foresee in any district at any one time. Currently i intend to purchase an 8A esu 50011 ecosbooster and split it through some sort of distribution switch to provide 4A to each of the fiddle yard districts and use the internal 4A booster of the ecos to power the front. Alternatively i could use two ESU 50010 4A boosters, which may be slightly cheaper as no switch would be required.
I guess i'm after advice on whether this setup will work or is there a better way of doing it ? we'd also like to have some flexibility so that the layout can still be operated effectively should any one of the dcc controllers fail or not be available for some reason.
All suggestions and advice gratefully accepted.
Kind Regards
Mark
I'm after a bit of advice regarding power and control for a new layout we are building. In basic terms the layout is a large oval with a 14 road fiddle yard, 7 allocated to each of the up and down mainlines on the front, there will also be a bit of a yard and stuff on the front but i believe the details can be ignored for the purpose of this question. DCC will be used but initially points and accessories will use traditional non DCC control and seperate power.
The main controller for the layout will be an ecos but we also have available a digitrax superchief and zephyr and a couple of dynamis sets.
With regard to control the current plan is to use the superchief through the ecos sniffer to allow use of the associated hand throttles and when the dynamis pro module becomes available hook it up with ecos link to give further hand throttles.
With regard to power the plan is to have three power districts of approximately 4A each, the front being one and the two 7 road fiddle yards also being one each. This should be enough to cover the loco power requirements we foresee in any district at any one time. Currently i intend to purchase an 8A esu 50011 ecosbooster and split it through some sort of distribution switch to provide 4A to each of the fiddle yard districts and use the internal 4A booster of the ecos to power the front. Alternatively i could use two ESU 50010 4A boosters, which may be slightly cheaper as no switch would be required.
I guess i'm after advice on whether this setup will work or is there a better way of doing it ? we'd also like to have some flexibility so that the layout can still be operated effectively should any one of the dcc controllers fail or not be available for some reason.
All suggestions and advice gratefully accepted.
Kind Regards
Mark