how to hook up NCE DB5 and SD5 and 1156 light bulbs

[Crookedriverandeasternrr]

Thanks 😊 I appreciate you taking the time to explain this.

[davestrains]

Great idea and how to. Thanks for sharing. Dave

[darylhitchcock]

Really like the light bulb idea... I had seen it also on "Ron's trains and things" Great work on the layout....

[mentertainment]

I have enjoyed your videos very much that have helped me tremendously with my layout. I wanted to ask why you did not consider a true circuit breaker like the NCE EB1? I have my 25'x17' layout divided into four distinct electrical districts, each isolated from each other with double plastic track insulators. I have found the >2 milsec response time to a short, and then the continuous attempts by the circuit breaker re-set every 2 seconds very effective in layout protection. Additionally, with the EB1 you can adjust the trip current (amps) from as low as 1AMP up to 8AMPs for when the breaker trips.


Really just curious as to your thoughts on using the 1156 light bulbs as they don't, I believe, stop current going to the rails with a short occurring. They are more of a "warning" device, than a protective one?


I would also like to know more detail on adding a NCE DB5 to your SB5 booster. How do you insure the voltage is identical at the points where the rails meet (isolated from each other of course). Any voltage difference across this point where the rails meet, if you were to stop a locomotive straddling that point, or even worse a truck straddling that point, will cause a rush of voltage between the two boosters being conducted through the locomotive’s decoder - and potentially destroying/frying the decoder? Does the SB5 when connected to a DBS auto calibrate their output voltages to be absolutely identical?

Thanks