Power Bus Structure and Easy DCC

Each section of rail is to have a connection (drop) that goes through the layout sub-roadbed board.

Photo courtesy of Keith Gutierrez at CVP Products 

This will be connected to a LOCAL BUS which will be 14 Gauge Stranded Wire.

Photo courtesy of Keith Gutierrez at CVP Products

Each LOCAL BUS shall have one and only one connection to the MAIN BUS which will be 10 Gauge Stranded Wire.

For sections which are to be detected, a torroid detector will be placed over the connection from the LOCAL BUS to the MAIN BUS.

The MAIN BUS will have one and only one connection to the ZoneMaster Power Booster.

Photo courtesy of Keith Gutierrez at CVP Products

-----------------------------    ---------------------------------     ------------------  LOCAL BUSES

               !                                      !                                       !

              @   (This is detected)       @     (This is detected)        !    (This is NOT detected)

               !                                      !                                       !

-----------------------------------------------------------------  MAIN BUS

                              !

                              !

                              !

                    ZONE MASTER

POWER ZONES OF THE SUE LINE

Map provided by Charlie DeVillbiss

Easy DCC on Sue Line

Photo courtesy of Keith Gutierrez at CVP Product

The basic connections are:

1 EasyDCC command Station

Multiple EasyDCC Zone Master Boosters, each with its own power supply.

Photo courtesy of Keith Gutierrez at CVP Product

Some of the EasyDCC ZoneMaster Boosters will be for a single zone.

Photo courtesy of Keith Gutierrez at CVP Product

Most of the EasyDCC ZoneMaster Boosters will be Dual for two different zones.

Photo courtesy of Keith Gutierrez at CVP Product

The radio control throttles are all T5000E.

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