Conception Of The Digital Layout; Dividing The Layout; Background Information: Short Circuit Of The Booster Outputs - tams elektronik B-6 Manual

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3. Conception of the digital layout

3.1. Dividing the layout

Divide your layout into individual, electrically separate sections (booster circuits), each
supplied with its own booster. A maximum of three to five locomotives should run in each
booster circuit at the same time. The following subdivisions are useful:

station

depot

main line (if necessary in several sections)

secondary line (if necessary in several sections)
Arrange the transitions between the booster circuits in such a way that

they are crossed as little as possible

in operation, never more than one crossing point between two booster circuits can be
bridged by a (long) train (i.e. not two crossing points between three booster circuits).

Background information: Short circuit of the booster outputs

As soon as a vehicle bridges the separation point between two booster circuits, the track
outputs of the two associated boosters are connected to each other. If this connection is only
for a short time, the risk of this damaging the boosters is low. The situation is different if the
vehicle stops at the separation point. If in this case the short-circuit disconnection does not
react or reacts too late, the track outputs of the boosters can be damaged.
The risk of damage to the boosters increases significantly if a train is so long (or the
separation points between several booster circuits are arranged so close together) that it
connects more than two booster circuits and thus more than two boosters with each other
when passing over them.
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