Your B-6 | 7; Track Voltage - tams elektronik B-6 Manual

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2. Your B-6
Boosters have three main tasks:
1. supply the current needed to operate the digitally controlled locomotives and turnouts, but
also other (digital) consumers.
2. to bring the voltage to the track so that the digital driving and switching commands arrive
at all vehicle and accessory decoders.
3. in case of a short circuit on the layout (e.g. derailment of a vehicle), ensure that the
current is switched off and damage to the rails and the vehicles is prevented.
In RailCom-monitored layouts, the booster also provides the so-called RailCom cutout, which is
required for the transmission of the feedback data.

2.1. Track voltage

The Booster B-6 can provide 2 to 6 A of current at the track output, depending on the setting.
The maximum output current set for the booster is identical to the cut-off current, when
reached, the layout is switched off for safety reasons (e.g. in case of a short circuit). The
switch-off current must be lower the smaller the nominal size (and the more filigree rails or
vehicle parts such as wheel sliders are).
→ Section 5 "Recommendations for the settings".
Division of the booster current
In order to be able to utilise the current of 6 A that the B-6 can provide, even with smaller
nominal sizes, a power splitter** can be used. The power splitter distributes the current to 2
to 3 booster sections with 2 to 3 A each.
Connecting additional boosters
If the current requirement is higher than the current provided by the B-6, a corresponding
number of further boosters must be connected to supply the digital model railway layout.
→ Section 3 "Conception of the digital layout"
Background information:
Rough calculation of the current requirement
1 locomotive nominal size N:
1 locomotive nominal size H0:
1 locomotive nominal size 0:
Carriage interior lighting:
one other consumer
(e.g. sound module):
Reserve for turnouts
600 mA
800 mA
1,000 mA
50 - 200 mA
100 - 300 mA
10 % of the determined total
Booster B-6

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