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Month: September 2024

Building the DCC Command Station: DCC-Ex

September 4, 2024September 4, 2024 admin Leave a comment Blog, Layouts, Rhad Valley

It’s now time to start thinking about the control system behind Rhad Valley, and despite the unexpected cost of the frog juicer, I wanted to get back on track with this and keep things low cost. With this in mind I decided on DCC-Ex because it’s good (I’ve used it before) and it’s b****y cheap! […]

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Juicing the frogs

September 4, 2024 admin Leave a comment Blog, Layouts, Rhad Valley

I noticed when I was poking around the layout with the multimeter that the frogs and switchrails weren’t carrying any power. This is usually fixed simply by cleaning the track, mainly between the rails and the switchrails, but for whatever reason I couldn’t get it clean enough to be reliable. I don’t know how old […]

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  • Sleaford Model Railway Exhibition 2025
  • Club Open Day
  • Building the DCC Command Station: DCC-Ex
  • Juicing the frogs
  • Wiring up the point motors

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