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Temperary changeover


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What would I need to do to make part of an existing layout able to switch from conventional 12V DC to DCC? would it be just a question of isolating the section and putting a switch in the circuit to switch between the two? I ask because if I get any of my stuff from Australia coming to England, I will want to run my DCC locos on my DC layout and do the other way, so a switch between the 2 would be useful.

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Be very careful!! If you put 16v ac (dcc signals) into a 12v dc loco, you will get a puff of smoke from the motor, and a big bill for replacing it!

DCC loco's on a dc track will be fine - providing you have disabled the dc option, or they'll all take off like escaped rockets!

It is much safer to keep them totally separated, either different layouts, or removed from the track, when running 'the others'.

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