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Bob Ogage and everyone else who says they star pattern wire exactly per Barry's book - I'm no electrician so can you be more specific? First, MTH and Barry both recommend only one power drop per track block and only one terminal block per TIU channel. Is this how you are actually wiring? If so, then you must have one control panel with each TIU chennel connected to one terminal block that is somewhere else under the layout? And the terminal block is sort of centrally located? Even if you confirm this, for those who have Atlas switches - myriad people say to ensure all three legs are powered. Without tinkering with the switch wiring itself, I don't see how you can have one and only one power drop in a given track block to satisfy DCS starpattern and yet have all three switch legs powered. I suppose the one power drop per block for DCS could power one switch leg and then the other two switch legs could have power drops that connect to an independent power source that doesn't run through terminal block and TIU? Peter

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