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This question is mostly directed to Barry.  I am confused about the various wiring methods. I want to understand why a star or home run wiring scheme is really any different that a bus wire with drops to it. A terminal block (such as the MTH 12 or 24 port version) is nothing more than a very short bus. Potentially all the drops that feed back to the terminal block can be equal if not greater than the length of a single bus with short drops to it. Please take block wiring as you describe out of the equation.  I am not trying to start an argument, just trying to understand the basic difference. My experience with train wiring comes with HO DCC, and we use bus wiring in that scale as a common rule.

 

Thanks,

Ed Kempf

OGR Publishing, Inc., 1310 Eastside Centre Ct, Suite 6, Mountain Home, AR 72653
800-980-OGRR (6477)
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