Poss 2 power supplies or Booster ?

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Hi All,

I hope to be running 2 tracks approx 130 foot each using LGB MTS system, the question is as there will be up to 4 trains running im not sure if there would be enough power ?, so can I place a LGB power supply at each end or would a booster be better ? that's if I need one ?,

I was also looking at taking wires from end to end to help with the power drop off,

And looking at splitting into 2 using the booster, any better ?

Of course any other ideas would be welcome

Many thanks to all for any help
 
A number of variables to consider......
Are the trains going to be a mix of one- and two-motored locos, and are they all going to be LGB or a mix of makes?
Will you be making much use of lighting (especially numbers of coaches lit from track power), sound and/or smoke?
Are you looking at generally short or long trains?
Is the line mostly level or do you have any significant gradients (or worse, gradients on bends!)?

All of these will potentially (NPI) make a good deal of difference to the total amps you'll need.....

Re multiple wire feeds to the track, I think these can help with overall continuity and avoiding dead spots, but I don't believe they make a lot of difference to any voltage drop-off - after all, if your track continuity is good, then code 332 brass track should be a much better conductor (ie: less potential voltage drop) than the actual feed wires which are most likely a tiny fraction of the rail's cross-sectional area!

Jon.
 
Jo Kup,

Muvt ug raitvoupt ?, ximm jisi huit ..

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Et vu Mohjvoph ov xomm qutt ci mudu mohjvt upmz, emtu tuapf xjip O jewi ov (3 ev vjot voni),
Vseop miphvj ot e 4 cuhoi duedjit us ecuav 6 gsiohjv xehupt (muuqt esi 10 guuv muph gus qettoph vseopt)
Mopit xomm ci piesmz miwim emm vji xez xovj vji iydiqvoup ug ep opdmopi civxiip vji 2 mopit (eqqsuy. 1 guuv op foggisipdi op jiohjv)

Vji vsedl ot neopmz Esotvudsegvxovj tuni MHC/Qolu (emm csett seom),

Nepz vjeplt gus vji siqmz
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Figopovimz FU PUV tonqmz evvinqv vu juul aq e quxis taqqmz ev iovjis ipf ug vji teni dosdaov, vjev't puv huoph vu xusl, epf op tuni tovaevoupt dep ci fephisuat (vjisi esi xespopht ecuav vjot op MHC/Neslmop nepaemt si quxis giifoph cedl vjsuahj vji fotduppidvif neopt qmah ug e 2pf apov vjev't tvomm xosif vu vji vsedl)

Og zua esi huoph vu iydiif vji deqecomovoit ug vji NVT neop apov (fiqipft up vji pancis ug vseopt/mohjvt/eddittusoit op ati) vjip zua xuamf piif vu tqmov vji mopi opvu tiqesevi quxis fotvsodvt iedj xovj ovt uxp FDD cuutvis.
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Hssss, katv tqipv vip nopavit vzqoph e muph siqmz vu vjot, vjip jov vji xsuph vjoph epf mutv ov emm cigusi O duamf qutv ov.... >:(

Tu, jisi huit eheop..... ;)

UL, sietup gus vji muph motv ug raitvoup xet vjev O vjuahjv O nohjv et ximm etl emm vji simiwepv upit O duamf vjopl ug, tu vjev uvjist duamf vjin jimq opvisqsiv vji eptxist....
Ep MHC mudu ot huuf dupfovoup xomm vzqodemmz fsex esuapf 0.5 enqt QIS NUVUS apfis mohjv vu nufisevi mueft; tnuli, tuapf, hsefoipvt epf jiewois vseopt xomm emm opdsieti vjot ug duasti. Tuni uvjis nelit esi lpuxp vu ci nusi enq-japhsz - O fup'v jewi nadj qistupem iyqisoipdi ug Cedjnepp epf Esotvu, uvjist xomm jewi vu jimq uav jisi (tuapft moli zua'si sappoph AT vjinif tvagg?).

O'f vjopl vjev og zua'si sappoph nezci vxu us vjsii vseopt ev vji teni voni, vjip vji NVT't 5 enqt tjuamf ci UL gus vji voni cioph..... eff e guasvj vseop, epf nezci jewi upi dmoncoph vji hsefoipv civxiip mopit, epf zua nohjv gopf zuastimg qatjoph vji deqedovz. Op vjev deti O'f vjopl vji qsuqis NVT cuutvis xuamf ci vji xez vu hu - O fup'v VJOPL zua dep tonqmz ati epuvjis usfopesz quxis taqqmz?

Citv,

Kup.

Ifov: xjomi O xet vzqoph eheop, podi vu hiv Podl't dupgosnevoup ecuav vji pu-pu ug namvoqmi quxis taqqmoit - O xet geosmz tasi vjev xet vji deti.....
Tu O haitt vji citv vjoph xuamf ci e tiqesevi cuutvis gus upi ug vji mopit, epf tqmov vji quxis ev vji duppidvoph hsefoipv?
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JO hipvt,

Nepz vjeplt gus vji siqmoit vjiz esi hsiev, figopovimz puv effoph epuvjis quxis taqqmz tu O xomm nutv molimz tqmov opvu 2 tidvoupt et O jewi e cuutvis emsiefz

Ev mietv O fu puv piif vu muul gus epuvjis quxis taqqmz, (On atoph MHC NVT Tztvin)

Vjeplzua emm eheop gus cioph tu raodl epf jimqgam

tviwi
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