Bread&steel
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Like everyone else who runs DCC I have a main bus. I used number 14 bare copper wire. I ran my bus wire first before connecting the feeders. It occurred to me to test the " track lose theory " so I connected the feeders from my track to my DCC unit. I had no bus connections at all. I ran my locomotive, starting at the point where the feeders were connected to my DCC unit and I ran my locomotive at low speed around my layout to see how far it would get before I saw any problems. I blew the horn, I rang the bell and it just went on and on and on until it reached the entrance of my foundry. That was almost half way around my layout and not one hint of trouble. Since I've already ran my bus I decided to install feeders every ten feet, just to make sure everything runs fine. So I have seen for myself that on a small layout, no bus would be necessary. On a large layout it would be a good idea but with just a few feeders
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