Voltage drops [in larger layout tracks]
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Posted at 09:39:47 Wed 19 Jan 2022
Although a modeller for 50 years or more I have never, until now, been able to build a big layout. Now I have the opprtunity to build a 12' x 12' continuous run layout in 00 - big by my standards. The runs are likely to be in the order of 40 ' using a mix of second hand code 100 track - mostly Hornby and Peco. It wll be analogue control, not dcc, using ancient (but thoroughly checked) Triang and Hornby transformer/controllers to run locos based on Triang/Hornby/Lima/Trix/Wrenn/Reidpath mechs anything up to 70 years old. Can some knowledgeable party tell me whether voltage drop is likely to be a problem over such a distance so that I can plan the wiring loom in advance? Any comments/ suggestions will be warmly welcomed.
Last Edited 18:15:15 Wed 19 Jan 2022