Good Morning! I've gotten super advice so far here on layout design and now I believe I'm ready to do more than conventional. Wire feeds to the track are about every 4 feet. I use a Z4000 currently, looking to use a MTH501033 "DCS Remote commander". What are the pros/cons? I'm super careful about the juice pumping out from the Z4000. What type cord would I use to connect these? Should I just buy a Z1000, or is this workable? Any advice or shared stories is appreciated!
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Just run the DCS Remote Commander in passive mode and the issue of current through the 50-1033 is not an issue. You should use a 22uh inductor between the Z4000 and the track connection for power to maximize the DCS signal from the 50-1033 box.
Should I install an inline 10a fuse? if so I'd assume before the inductor?
The fuse can go anywhere in the circuit, I'm assuming the inductor would be rated for whatever max current can be in the circuit. I typically put the circuit protection between the transformer an everything else. This Bourns 2205-H-RC will handle the full 10A current and is reasonably priced, it's one I've used previously.
How is that wired in?
@Baconator Southern posted:How is that wired in?
In series with the hot lead between the transformer and track. The DCS-RC output terminals should be connected to the track AFTER the inductor, the inductor is there to prevent the low impedance of the transformer from attenuating the DCS track signal. Nothing is connected to the DCS-RC input power jack.
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