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Originally posted by Shawn Hogan on the RailPro Users Yahoo! Group on Jul 24, 2015

Hello Group,

Is anyone using a power supply other than what is supplied with a starter kit?

If I have a filtered DC power supply set to the correct voltage, would that be OK?

Battery power?? I'm looking at running a layout in a building that's "off the grid"(no connection to commercial power).

Thank you, Shawn

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Originally posted by William Brillinger on the RailPro Users Yahoo! Group on Jul 24, 2015

Battery or a filtered DC power supply will be fine as long at it provides the correct voltage.
The only issue is that you will lack the short circuit protection that the RP power supply offers.

- Bill

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Originally posted by TS on the RailPro Users Yahoo! Group on Jul 24, 2015

ot to put a dampener on Bills reply, but you really want a regulated
(not just filtered) supply, otherwise with a lot of loading your track
voltage might drop too far to be usable. Other than that any DC supply
that outputs in the acceptable range would be fine.

You may or may not loose short circuit protection (a lot of supplies
do haver them built in) but you will loose the repeater function as
your supply won't have one, and loose the ability to turn the track
power on and off with the controller.

As for battery power, yes this does work too but I'm not aware of
anyone who has actually done it with Railpro yet. Generally the size of
the batteries and the pain of recharging them is probably the biggest
stumbling block.

Cheers,

Tim

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Originally posted by LK&O on the RailPro Users Yahoo! Group on Jul 24, 2015

I am using a generic 15V 7A switching power supply. Works fine. For short circuit protection I built electronic circuit breakers for each power district. Details here: http://www.lkorailroad.com/circuit-breaker-and-block-detector-final-units/

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Originally posted by Shawn Hogan on the RailPro Users Yahoo! Group on Jul 28, 2015

Thank you all for your help! My apologies for not saying so sooner! I've been rather busy at work and home the last couple days.

I guess my question stemmed from the fact that I have a power supply that I used with an amateur radio station a few years ago. It works perfectly and I was thinking I might be able to put it to good use again.

At what voltage and amperage does the Rail Pro system operate?

Any information as to how many feet of track can be be powered with one PWR-56 power supply?

Do you need feeders every so often like with a DCC system?

Thank you, Shawn

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