DCC Inrush Current Limiter - Relay Based

Experimental

  This circuit can be used with DCC boosters and circuit breakers to prevent them from tripping due to a sudden surge of current when power is applied to locomotives with sound cards that have large filter capacitors.

NOTE: This circuit has not been properly tested with sound decoders that have large filter capacitors but should work as intended.

NOTE: It may be possible to use a smaller value for R1.

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  The explanations for the circuits on these pages cannot hope to cover every situation on every layout. For this reason be prepared to do some experimenting to get the results you want. This is especially true of circuits such as the "Across Track Infrared Detection" circuits and any other circuit that relies on other than direct electronic inputs, such as switches.

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22 May, 2011