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With two tracks in parallel you can run two trains at the same time. Just a thought. The design has several places where two trains can pass each other. A single line layout with a few passing loops and sidings can provide more operational interest, as long as you're not an obsessive collector of n...

Are you using Hornby set track? I see you have used a couple of flex tracks in there. I'm having a devil of a time to make it work in set track only.

Do you mean Sprog 2 and Sprog 3?

http://www.sprog-dcc.co.uk/about_sprogII.shtml

Hi Dan,
I think these wire up the same as any live frog turnout, using a combination of switches and insulated joiners. A quick search of the forum finds,
Wiring for Peco N gauge Code 55 3-way points - SL-E399F

but it could also indicate a magnet that has lost its magnetism. The motor would draw more current.

this seems to concur with Roger

Does the motor feel hot?

Worth it. A very nice job.

Ok so, from what I can gather the DB107 rectifier has a reverse recovery time of 500ns which is referred to as "standard recovery time". I'm not sure how to calculate the max frequency vs the Trr, especially since we're talking about a square wave here instead of a sine wave. But I would n...

Oh OK. Good point.

I couldn't find any Schmitt trigger diodes or rectifiers when i was searching. Do you mean Schottky?
I believe Dcc is 10KHz.

Ironduke wrote:

collectors wrote:DB107 DIP4 Single Phase 1A Glass Passivized Bridge Rectifiers, will these be OK,?

They look great.

Here is the datasheet

http://www.farnell.com/datasheets/1684825.pdf

collectors wrote:DB107 DIP4 Single Phase 1A Glass Passivized Bridge Rectifiers, will these be OK,?

They look great.

As said by Ironduke, a bridge rectifier greater than 40mA is needed so anything above that will do. (i.e. 100mA or 0.5mA) [Technically it should be a Schmitt type] If a big electrolytic cap is included then you need to account for a short burst of higher current when it first charges up but most re...

The rectifier is huge. You don't need anything like 3A just for LEDs. Nothing wrong with that if you have room in your carriage but, if you need something smaller, a small DIP package with a forward current of maybe 1A would be ample. Say a DF04M or similar https://au.element14.com/productimages/sta...