DCC and turnouts

pennman

Member
Hey guys I'm building a new layout and finnaly switching to DCC, I need to know which works better for switches and how to wire them. PECO ELCTRIC FROGS OR INSUL FROGS
Which will work better?
Thanks for any input you all can give
Tony:rolleyes:
 

biker_ray_pa

New Member
pennman said:
Hey guys I'm building a new layout and finnaly switching to DCC, I need to know which works better for switches and how to wire them. PECO ELCTRIC FROGS OR INSUL FROGS
Which will work better?
Thanks for any input you all can give
Tony:rolleyes:

Well, I've never used Peco turnouts but you can use both live or insulated frogs with DCC. A lot of it depends on how you want to wire it. I'd recommend using the Insulfrog turnouts and Tortoise switch machines. The tortoises have an internal switch you can wire to power the insulated frog.


Ray
 
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