I've had few thoughts about the wiring for the new incarnation of Rospeath Lane. It is a much reduced track plane compared to the original but it will be an exhibition layout which I doubt the previous one would have been. So in an attempt to reduce the possibility of not being able to solve a short circuit quickly during an exhibition, rendering the whole inactive, I've split the track plan into five power districts.
So far I have all rail power droppers in place along with all turnouts droppers. As a trial I decided on installing the first rail dropper to power bus connection on the left hand cassette board.
Needs a little tidying up but that is the template I'll be using for the rest of the layout
The wiring I'm using are32/0.2 (22 AWG) for the droppers which I believe is rated at
3 amps and 32/0.2 (17 AWG) .for the power bus which I believe is rated at 6 amps. These might be ratings might be overkill but I'm learning as I go along.
Though my diagram above indicates one "common return" for all
power districts, I'm contemplating if this might hinder solving a difficult to
find short circuit so may well keep the districts totally separate. As I said, I'm trying to learn and evaluate many options as much as I can while progressing with this project.
