Model Railroad Hobbyist | June 2016 | #76 DCC IMPULSES column Bruce Petrarca MMR Getting power to my DCC system This is going to be a short column, as I have a feature article elsewhere in this issue. The reason for the other article is that, at the end of March, I completed the last items to qualify for the NMRA’s Master Model Railroader recogni- tion (#574). This month we will talk about getting power to your DCC system. It can be as easy as plugging the power supply that comes with your system into the wall socket and running trains. DCC allows systems to become bigger and more complex. Added stuff can make for more stuff. Power supplies In my May 2012 column, “Anatomy of a DCC System” (mrhmag. com/mrh-2012-05-may/dcc_impulses), I discussed power sup- plies and transformers to get the power into your DCC system. Since then, transformer use has seriously diminished. I can see several reasons for this: XX DCC TIPS, TRICKS, AND TECHNIQUES • INDEX • TABLE OF CONTENTS