a short in a section with a
bunch of sound locos and the
system won’t start without
having locos removed from
the layout.
A fine example of a general
purpose circuit breaker is
the EB1 [6] from NCE. Do not
confuse this with the pre-
decessor EB3. The EB1 has
been redesigned with sound
decoders in mind and offers
good performance at a price
similar to the basic units
mentioned above.
The PSx series of circuit break-
er fits my advanced category.
Priced about $10 above the
basic units, it offers a lot of
bang for the buck:
It can handle sound.
It can handle up to 20
amps with an external
heat sink.
It offers manual or auto-
matic reset.
It is faster than any boost-
er currently on the mar-
ket. That, coupled with a
1.27-amp setting and
manual reset, makes it
the only circuit breaker
currently on the market
that works with the NCE
PowerCab.
