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Connecting an additional booster
To connect an additional booster please use the Märklin** or DCC
booster port "still disengaged". Please note: If you have connected a
booster via the Märklin**-compatible booster port to your central unit
you have to connect the additional booster via the "still disengaged"
Märklin**-compatible booster port. The same goes by analogy for the
DCC booster ports.
Hint:
Only use boosters of one type and made by one manufacturer to avoid
problems such as:
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Problems with data transfer to the decoders.
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Current leakage that make locomotives move by themselves when
other locomotives cross the borders between two track sections.
§
Short circuits when crossing sections.
Connecting the tracks
Connect the booster´s track port to both rails (with 2-rail systems) or to
one rail and the middle conductor (with 3-rail systems). These
connections should be repeated every 2-3 meters, because the
resistance at the connection points of the tracks is quite high. When
choosing too high intervals, problems with the short circuit indication or
the power supply of the vehicles may occur.
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Please note:
The connection order of the rails (or the rail and the middle conductor) to
the two poles of the track port is not significant, if you haven't already
connected a booster to your layout. If you have then please note:
The left pole of the second booster´s track port has to be connected to
the same rail (or the the middle conductor) as the left pole of the
booster already connected. The same goes of course for the right pole
of the boosters´track ports. In case the connections are mixed up short
circuits will occur when vehicles cross the boundries of the track
sections.
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