On larger layouts, if one booster stops providing power, the
rest of the boosters, and the command station, will continue to
run normally. This can drive a train from a powered region into
one that has shut down, temporarily bridging power from the
active region to the dead one, as the wheels of the loco(s)
bridge the gaps between the districts.
8. Programming-On-the-Main is
dangerous
This myth comes from down under, where Marcus Ammann
suggested it. But it is a world-wide myth.
“Intrinsically, the command station does
not know whether the booster is function-
ing normally, or is shut down due to an
overload.”
DCC Impulses Column - 7
7: Digitrax DCS100 – command station and booster in
one box.
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MRH-Mar 2013
