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Buss wiring to support RailPro and normal DCC

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Pequeajim:
Has anybody wired their layout with a switched RP/DCC buss?

I was thinking that since the power wiring for RP is essentially the same as a DCC bus, I could keep them the same, but use an appropriate switch to flip from one buss to the other.  As long as I keep the polarity the same.  This would make my transition from DCC much easier.

Thoughts

Pequeajim:
I'm a little worried, because most of my turnout controls are Tam Valley DCC circuit boards and this is the same layout that will be running the railpro stuff.  it seems to me that the best way to avoid this scenario with potential problems is to run a separate DCC bus for all of the turnouts...

Pequeajim:
I wonder if a double throw, double pole switch would meet my requirements?  Then a separate buss for the TAM Valley turnouts?

William Brillinger:
Why not just keep the DCC power on the layout? Your RailPro units will run fine and you can keep the DCC related boards intact.

Pequeajim:
That is something that I did not know they would do?

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